{"id":23915,"date":"2026-08-17T04:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=23915"},"modified":"2026-08-17T04:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:15:48","slug":"as-a-result-of-war-and-naval-blockade-irans-economy-is-facing-severe-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/08\/17\/as-a-result-of-war-and-naval-blockade-irans-economy-is-facing-severe-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"As a result of war and naval blockade, Iran\u2019s economy is facing severe pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Several months of war between Iran and the United States, coupled with an ongoing naval blockade of Iran\u2019s southern ports, have placed increasing pressure on the country\u2019s economy, with food prices and unemployment rising, Al Jazeera reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to data from Iran\u2019s Statistical Center, annual inflation reached around 88 percent in July, while food inflation exceeded 128 percent, and youth unemployment was also recorded at 23.4 percent in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the war and naval blockade had increased government costs and negatively affected Iran\u2019s ability to sell oil and collect tax revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al Jazeera reported that Iran\u2019s economy is facing severe pressure, but said the country remains far from an outright economic collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Several months of war between Iran and the United States, coupled with an ongoing naval blockade of Iran\u2019s southern ports, have placed increasing pressure on the country\u2019s economy, with food prices and unemployment rising, Al Jazeera reports. According to data from Iran\u2019s Statistical Center, annual inflation reached around 88 percent in July, while food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23917,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23915\/revisions\/23917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}