This past week Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his annual address in Mashhad, after having unveiled that the Iranian calendar year of 1393 will henceforth be known as the year of “Economy and Culture with National Determination & Jihadi Management” in his annual Nowruz television address. These names are supposed to give each year one or more themes which highlight the central concerns of the regime. Not surprisingly, the economy once again was front and center in this year’s name, as it has been since 1388 (2009). While many have tried to decode the significance of the repetition of the economic theme, fewer have addressed the […]
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