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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nI- The November Protests <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nInternal\nAffairs, particularly in The Political File<\/em>, explores how the Iranian establishment took steps this month which widened the gap\nbetween it and the Shiite citizens in Iraq and Lebanon. The Iranian religious establishment\nembraced a position that stands in opposition to the popular protests in the\ntwo countries. The Iranian establishment believes that the protests were\ninstigated to undermine the Arbaeen marches in Iraq, sow discord between the\nIraqi and Iranian people, target the axis of resistance and punish Iraqi\nofficials who stood in the face of the illegitimate demands of Israel and the\nUnited States.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Political\nFile<\/em> discusses the broader\nsocial and economic causes of the protests that spread across Iranian\nterritories in the aftermath of the government\u2019s decision to raise the prices\nof gasoline. The move was surprising and did not take into account the social\ndimensions and the subsequent suffering of the people<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Economic\nFile<\/em> reviews the gasoline crisis\nthat has propelled many other social and economic problems, which is a direct\nresult of the decline in the state\u2019s revenues due to the embargo imposed on\nIranian oil exports as well as the decline of all Iranian economic indicators\ndue to US sanctions. Iranian oil exports declined from 2.5 million barrels per\nday before the sanctions to about 125,000 barrels per day. Economic growth\nrates fell from 12.5 percent in 2016 to a negative growth of 9.5 percent in 2019. Foreign investment fled\nfrom Iran after the country succeeded in attracting nearly $9 billion in 2016\nto reach $3.4 billion in 2018. Meanwhile, the exchange rate increased from 4,009\ntomans per US dollar in 2017 to 11,900 tomans in August 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Military\nFile<\/em> reports that Iran is now working on an ambitious program to boost\nthe capabilities of its naval forces with the aim of conducting intensive\nmovements in deep waters and achieving military superiority regionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\nII- Iraqi Protesters Reject Iran\u2019s Influence in Their Country<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nArab Affairs<\/em> discusses the widespread protests have been ongoing in Iraq over\nthe past two months. The strongest participation in the protests was seen in\nthe Shiite-majority southern provinces and the protesters reiterated their\nrejection of sectarianism, confirming that their protests have arisen due to a\ngrowing national sentiment. The foremost popular demand has been for a total\nchange of the political system in order to get rid of sectarian quotas, naming\na new prime minister, amending the electoral law and dissolving the Parliament.\nIraqi protesters reiterated their unmitigated rejection of Iranian meddling in\nIraqi affairs by setting fire to the Iranian flag, tearing up pictures of the\nsupreme leader and Qods Force commander, burning the Iranian consulate in\nKarbala and targeting the headquarters of armed militias loyal to Iran. Iran\nhas put pressure on Abdul-Mahdi to stay in office and suppress the protests\nthrough the use of repressive security measures. However, the demands of the\nprotesters have been met as Abdul-Mahdi resigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMoreover, Arab\nAffairs explores the latest development\nin the Yemeni crisis the month of\nNovember. the legitimate government and\nthe Southern Transitional Council signed the Riyadh Agreement, which stipulates\nthat the government shall form a cabinet composed of 24 ministers as well as\nthe ministerial positions shall be divided equally between the northern and\nsouthern provinces of Yemen. Iran was agitated by the agreement and described\nit as \u201cincomplete.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, International\nAffairs<\/em> reviews the latest developments in the crisis between the United\nStates and Tehran. The United States has openly declared support for the\nprotests in Iran and blamed the Iranian government for killing protesters. It\nalso imposed a new package of sanctions on the country, including nine\nindividuals and entities close to the supreme leader. France, the UK and Germany\nhinted at the possibility of activating the dispute settlement mechanism in the\nJCPOA through which the nuclear file could be referred to the UN Security\nCouncil and UN sanctions could be imposed on Iran. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has just issued its monthly Iran Case File (ICF) for November 2019, providing readers in general and researchers in particular an accurate and detailed review of Iranian affairs, exploring its features and interactions at various levels. The report is divided into three main parts: Internal Affairs, International Affairs and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2451,1],"tags":[3210,2151,12,263,324,2895,2466,2731],"class_list":["post-7274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-reports","category-news","tag-case-file","tag-hassan-rouhani","tag-iran","tag-iranian","tag-iraqi","tag-november","tag-rasanah","tag-rasanah-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7277,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274\/revisions\/7277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Political\nFile<\/em> discusses the broader\nsocial and economic causes of the protests that spread across Iranian\nterritories in the aftermath of the government\u2019s decision to raise the prices\nof gasoline. The move was surprising and did not take into account the social\ndimensions and the subsequent suffering of the people<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Economic\nFile<\/em> reviews the gasoline crisis\nthat has propelled many other social and economic problems, which is a direct\nresult of the decline in the state\u2019s revenues due to the embargo imposed on\nIranian oil exports as well as the decline of all Iranian economic indicators\ndue to US sanctions. Iranian oil exports declined from 2.5 million barrels per\nday before the sanctions to about 125,000 barrels per day. Economic growth\nrates fell from 12.5 percent in 2016 to a negative growth of 9.5 percent in 2019. Foreign investment fled\nfrom Iran after the country succeeded in attracting nearly $9 billion in 2016\nto reach $3.4 billion in 2018. Meanwhile, the exchange rate increased from 4,009\ntomans per US dollar in 2017 to 11,900 tomans in August 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Military\nFile<\/em> reports that Iran is now working on an ambitious program to boost\nthe capabilities of its naval forces with the aim of conducting intensive\nmovements in deep waters and achieving military superiority regionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Arab Affairs<\/em> discusses the widespread protests have been ongoing in Iraq over\nthe past two months. The strongest participation in the protests was seen in\nthe Shiite-majority southern provinces and the protesters reiterated their\nrejection of sectarianism, confirming that their protests have arisen due to a\ngrowing national sentiment. The foremost popular demand has been for a total\nchange of the political system in order to get rid of sectarian quotas, naming\na new prime minister, amending the electoral law and dissolving the Parliament.\nIraqi protesters reiterated their unmitigated rejection of Iranian meddling in\nIraqi affairs by setting fire to the Iranian flag, tearing up pictures of the\nsupreme leader and Qods Force commander, burning the Iranian consulate in\nKarbala and targeting the headquarters of armed militias loyal to Iran. Iran\nhas put pressure on Abdul-Mahdi to stay in office and suppress the protests\nthrough the use of repressive security measures. However, the demands of the\nprotesters have been met as Abdul-Mahdi resigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, Arab\nAffairs explores the latest development\nin the Yemeni crisis the month of\nNovember. the legitimate government and\nthe Southern Transitional Council signed the Riyadh Agreement, which stipulates\nthat the government shall form a cabinet composed of 24 ministers as well as\nthe ministerial positions shall be divided equally between the northern and\nsouthern provinces of Yemen. Iran was agitated by the agreement and described\nit as \u201cincomplete.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, International\nAffairs<\/em> reviews the latest developments in the crisis between the United\nStates and Tehran. The United States has openly declared support for the\nprotests in Iran and blamed the Iranian government for killing protesters. It\nalso imposed a new package of sanctions on the country, including nine\nindividuals and entities close to the supreme leader. France, the UK and Germany\nhinted at the possibility of activating the dispute settlement mechanism in the\nJCPOA through which the nuclear file could be referred to the UN Security\nCouncil and UN sanctions could be imposed on Iran. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has just issued its monthly Iran Case File (ICF) for November 2019, providing readers in general and researchers in particular an accurate and detailed review of Iranian affairs, exploring its features and interactions at various levels. The report is divided into three main parts: Internal Affairs, International Affairs and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2451,1],"tags":[3210,2151,12,263,324,2895,2466,2731],"class_list":["post-7274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-reports","category-news","tag-case-file","tag-hassan-rouhani","tag-iran","tag-iranian","tag-iraqi","tag-november","tag-rasanah","tag-rasanah-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7277,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7274\/revisions\/7277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}II- Iraqi Protesters Reject Iran\u2019s Influence in Their Country<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n