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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Khamenei Says Sanctions, Wrong Decisions Behind Iran’s Economic Woes

Iranians walk down a market street in Tehran, Iran November 14, 2021. (West Asia News Agency via Reuters)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Sunday the country’s poor economic situation was not only due to international sanctions, but also to government mismanagement.

“Wrong decisions and shortcomings” were part of the reason for Iran’s “unsatisfactory” economic data, he said about the economic situation during the decade from March 2011 to last year.

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