Iran is entering its most severe systemic crisis since its founding: the EU’s reinstated sanctions have removed Tehran’s diplomatic buffer, while the United States has reactivated and intensified maximum pressure across energy, finance, and trade—triggering a collapse in the rial, surging inflation, and widespread supply‑chain disruption. Nationwide protests met with network shutdowns and coercive force have further entrenched generational divides and accelerated the regime–society confrontation, exposing a widening governance vacuum as the international order moves toward re‑alignment. With Iran’s turmoil now extending well beyond nuclear and sanctions technicalities, it has become a critical indicator of the global rules–power rebalance, with spillover effects poised to shape energy markets, sea‑lane security, and supply‑chain resilience.
[News Decoder] Iran is in crisis
