Posted on 04/14/2026 5:55:33 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
Iran’s central bank has warned President Masoud Pezeshkian that rebuilding the country’s war-damaged economy could take more than a decade, sources familiar with internal deliberations told Iran International.
In a stark assessment delivered to the president in recent days, senior economic officials said the damage inflicted during the 40-day war with the United States and Israel—combined with Iran’s already fragile economic situation—could take up to 12 years to repair.
Several major airports were damaged during the conflict, while strikes also targeted oil facilities, refineries and petrochemical installations that are central to Iran’s export revenues and industrial supply chains.
Officials involved in the discussions warned that the destruction of production capacity could trigger a sharp surge in inflation in the coming months. According to the assessment presented to the president, inflation could reach as high as 180% if shortages of industrial inputs persist.
The same projections estimate that unemployment could rise by around two million people as factories, service providers and small businesses struggle to resume operations.
According to sources familiar with the discussions, central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati has been urging Pezeshkian to take urgent steps to stabilize the economy, including restoring full internet access and pursuing an agreement with the United States.
Tehran and Washington appear to be exploring the possibility of further talks following the one in Pakistan last weekend. Iranian economists have long argued that a diplomatic thaw and easing of sanctions could be the best path toward economic stabilization.
Iran has maintained a nationwide internet shutdown for weeks during the conflict, a move officials say was intended to counter cyber threats but which has also severely disrupted businesses that rely on global connectivity.
Iran’s digital economy accounts for roughly 5–6% of the country’s GDP, and the shutdown has cut off millions of entrepreneurs from customers, payment systems and online platforms.
Small businesses, freelancers and startup founders have been among the hardest hit. Many rely on services such as Instagram, messaging apps and foreign-hosted websites to reach clients.
Economists inside the government warn that prolonged restrictions could deepen the downturn and slow recovery even further.
The bleak economic projections have heightened concerns among members of Pezeshkian’s team, according to the sources.
Some officials fear that if the economic crisis worsens or the state faces financial collapse, powerful figures within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could seek to shift blame onto the president, they said.
Iran entered the war already under heavy economic strain from years of sanctions, high inflation and currency instability.
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The end of the IRGC and a constitutional republic would bring it back much faster.
It will take far longer if they let the blockade drag on.
CC
“”””Iran’s central bank has warned President Masoud Pezeshkian that rebuilding the country’s war-damaged economy could take more than a decade,””””
If Iran’s Central Bank includes rebuilding the missile and drone supplies, the naval boats, the military planes, funding Hexbollah, Hamas, and Houthi terrorists, and the nuclear warheads as Iran’s economy, then I agree it would take more than a decade to rebuild.
If Iran’s economy is based upon normal, peaceful business ventures, then with 2 million barrels of oil being produced and sold, the peaceful business ventures should be rebuilt by the end of 2026.
How’s that whole:
DEATH TO AMERICA!
DEATH TO ISRAEL!
Thingie workin’ out for ya?
I don’t care if it takes 50. Send them all to hell.
The psychomullah regime is in panic mode……..
Hang them all.
They’ve killed tens of thousands of Iranians, used them as human shields and even use children as suicide bombers.
Hopefully the opposition now has arms.
Iran needs a Persian insurrection.
Bummer.
Next round of bombing hit the banks! TOTAL WAR!
Power plants. Modern bank is no use without the juice.
Cue the tiny violin and the boo-hoo girl.
“ With the war and blockade, it appears that Iran is headed to a total economic collapse”
Yes, and we could make it even much, much worse for them, by blowing up their power grid. It would be the kind of economic collapse that people would still talk about a hundred years later.
I doubt the regime will last to September with or without the war.
Fail to enthusiastically and completely accept our terms and the time to rebuild Iran will be measured in centuries.
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Change the name to Palestine so all the retards can move there and deport all the pro Palestinian nut jobs here to there.
Iran’s Central Bank Warns Hardened Bases May Take 12 Years to Rebuild After War
You lose.
LOL!
I don’t think they care.
These people (the Iranian mullahs and extremist leaders) do not think like us at all.
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