Some Iranian leadership is being surprisingly honest about the dire state of the country’s economy, with one of the most senior security officials in Tehran warning that the Islamic Republic is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history.
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, delivered the assessment during a high-level government meeting on Saturday, October 3, attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian and senior ministers.
Iranian state media did not publish Rezaei’s comments in full, but said the security chief described the country’s current economic circumstances as among the most difficult it has ever faced.
He also reportedly pledged the Supreme National Security Council’s continued support.
It comes as the war approaches its eighth month, following the first round of U.S. and Israeli strikes on February 28, and as Washington continues to tighten the screws on its economic sanctions campaign.
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