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Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Bijan Khajehpour is an economist and a managing partner at Eurasian Nexus Partners, a Vienna-based international strategic consulting firm. On Twitter: @BijanKK

Iranian mourners attend the funeral of late president Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Mashhad on May 23, 2024.

Raisi's death unlikely to rattle Iran's foreign, domestic politics

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

A man browses a phone while sitting next to a motorcycle along a street in Tehran on September 10, 2023. Iranian authorities have blocked popular social media networks, including Instagram and WhatsApp since mass protests erupted following the September 2022 death in police custody of 22-year-old Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini. The restrictions come as millions of Iranians struggle to make ends meet, grappling with in an economic crisis marked by crippling Western sanctions, a galloping inflation, and sharp decli

Iran's economic woes persist a year on Mahsa Amini protests

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Staff members sit under a portrait of the Islamic Republic's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

How Iran squandered social capital

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Iran economy

The economics of social unrest in Iran

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Iraq economy

Iran’s economic policies lacking vision

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

rugs

How feasible is Raisi’s economic roadmap for Iran?

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Iranian rials are displayed in Tehran on July 31, 2019.

Iran’s plan to get rid of the subsidized exchange rate

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

A picture shows daily newspapers on sale at a kiosk in the capital Tehran, on Sept. 18, 2021. Conservative and reformist newspapers showed rare unity in welcoming results of a conference yesterday in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation endorsed Iran's future membership in the bloc.

Iran’s membership in Asian security body won’t solve sanctions problem

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

A picture obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim on January 31, 2021, shows Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd-R) meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (2nd-L) of the Taliban in Tehran.

Iran-Afghan trade has murky future under Taliban

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

An Iranian man walks by posters of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi outside a campaign office in Tehran on June 7, 2021.

Iran's presidential hopefuls promise big on economy, but can they deliver?

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Khamenei

As Iran looks to boost production, major political barriers remain

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

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Iran turns to bonds to solve budget crisis

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics