Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper reported on Thursday, May 28, quoting several Iranian economists and university professors attending a specialized panel, that Iran's economy is likely to witness a "negative 10% growth rate" following the 40-day war with the United States and Israel.
These economic experts also projected that during the current year, approximately "four and a half million people" will be added to Iran's impoverished population, thereby driving the number of individuals below the poverty line to over "40 million people."
Donya-e-Eqtesad noted that economic analysts characterize Iran's current situation as "alarming."
According to Hojat Mirzaei, a faculty member at the Faculty of Economics at Allameh Tabataba'i University who participated in the panel, given the ongoing naval blockade and the reduction of Iran's oil exports to nearly zero, it can be anticipated that "Iran's economic growth in 2026 will fluctuate between negative 8.8% and negative 10%."
He further stated: "Taking the consequences of the war into account, it is estimated that between 3.5 and 4.5 million additional people will join Iran's poor population in the year 1405, pushing the total number of individuals living below the poverty line past 40 million."
