Why isn’t Iran rich from oil money? | Alan Kohler | ABC NEWS

2 months ago The News Room

Iran’s economy was already broken before the US and Israeli air strikes, following years of international sanctions and mismanagement.
ABC’s Alan Kohler examines how military escalation sped up a financial collapse that had already begun.

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