Iran’s currency was already tumbling − and then news of Trump’s victory broke
- Written by Nader Habibi, Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
Traders are exchanging 700,000 Iranian rials for the dollar in Tehran.Ali Mohammadi/BloombergAs the world absorbed news of Donald Trump’s comeback victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential race, concern in Iran turned to the impact of the election on its own economy amid escalating regional tensions.
Iran’s currency, the rial, fell to an...







