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Posted on 08/23/2026 6:27:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Iran's Parliament speaker has issued an unusually stark warning about the country's deepening economic troubles, declaring that even a powerful military cannot protect the Islamic Republic if its people are hungry and the economy continues to deteriorate.
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, one of the country's most senior political figures, made the comments during a meeting with Iranian and Iraqi economists in Baghdad, according to Middle East news outlet Al Bawaba.
"No matter how strong our military power becomes, if we are hungry, we will not be able to endure," Qalibaf warned, according to the report.
The comments represented a striking acknowledgment from inside Iran's leadership that the country's economic crisis could threaten its ability to maintain national security and political stability.
Qalibaf said military power cannot be separated from economic strength, describing security and the economy as "two wings" that depend upon one another. Without security, he said, investors will not risk their capital. But without economic growth, domestic production, and sufficient income for ordinary citizens, the government cannot sustain security indefinitely.
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Then quit stalling and agree to Trump’s terms!
What’s more important, starving or having nukes?
TDSers are deeply saddened.
How about Hamas and Hezbollah? Are they going hungry?
Im sure the leaders are all fat and happy.
They can last a bot longer with all the UN support.
Like Hamas kept the Gazans hostage, so Republican Guard. Probably reason he’s not been killed for saying, in fact they are publicizing, this is that they start propagandizing for international relief frrom genocidal Trump.
Their military is now just a bunch of gangs. Let them kill each other for food.
Agree....they will steal all the food and negotiable forms of currency from their “slaves” and skip the country....end up in Yemen with the houti....imho
What he’s saying is that the top regime members wont be able to buy a range rover so instead they will buy a BMW..the regime doesnt give a hoot about the people of Iran, they kill them for looking at them funny, they just worry about themselves
Play stupid games for six months, win stupid prizes.
Frankly I don’t know why Qalibaf is still breathing.
IMO there remain several factions. The sane ones who give a rat’s 6 about the people in their country are overruled by the IRGC people who have enough food for *themselves* and either believe this 12er stuff or continue to find it useful to do so (or are taking orders and supplies from somewhere *PRC*cough*)
Iran is probably getting money from one of the five remaining COMMUNISTS countries: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam.
When Iran has NO MORE people, we will know by their silence.
Maybe the Iranians prefer death to surrender.
The should pray to Allah...for some manna to fall on them. Or is THAT simply too Biblical?
Did Europeans helped in Vietnam?
Afghanistan?
Iraq?
Why expect anything different with Iran?
They’re lining up the speeches for UN meeting next month
Then turn on the IRGC. These fanatics are leading you to becoming a pile of ash.
Overthrow your tyrannical regime then. You guys tossed a modern government out for sharia. You can end it.
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf has not made travel plans back to Iran as far as anyone knows. Lots of luck.
What’s more important, starving or having nukes?
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The fanatics are in charge.
They will burn Iran to the ground rather than quit.
Lemay knew what to do.
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