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As the Iranian Rial collapses to a historic low of 2 million per US dollar, hyperinflation and soaring food costs are pushing the Iranian economy to the brink of total failure. While Tehran attempts to stay afloat by offloading offshore oil stockpiles to independent Chinese teacup refineries, analysts warn this financial lifeline will completely dry up within the next 90 to 120 days under the tightening US naval blockade. With impending US Treasury sanctions led by Scott Bessent designed to cut off remaining Chinese trade channels, top regime figures including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf have publicly conceded that the economic crisis has reached an unbearable breaking point. Compounded by severe domestic fuel shortages resulting from Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, the regime's growing desperation is sparking extreme rhetoric—with security officials like Mohsen Rezaei threatening attacks against regional civilian infrastructure and signaling accelerated nuclear breakout capabilities as their ultimate deterrent.
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