Iran's Economy Faces Near-Zero Growth as National Protests Surge

Since early December 2025, a wave of protests has swept across Iran, ranging from human rights campaigns in major urban areas to labor strikes in industrial hubs. As Statista's Tristan Gaudiat reports, part of the growing popular unrest concerns the accelerating use of the death penalty by the Iranian regime (more than 1,000 executions documented so far in 2025), while the country's economic situation has significantly deteriorated. Iran is currently facing one of its most severe economic and social crises of the decade, as the country grapples…