Economic Outlook Unclear

The situation in Iran has not been as sensitive and unusual as it is now since 1979 [Islamic Revolution]. Political and economic risks are at their highest; forecasting economic indicators such as inflation, economic growth and exchange rate has become immensely difficult and practically impossible thanks to the increasing tension with the world, hardships and sanctions, as well as coercive control that has led to all kinds of restrictions in the real world and filtering in the virtual space. 
This was stated by Jafar Kheirkhahan, an economist, in an article for the Persian economic daily Donya-e-Eqtesad. A translation of the text follows: 
Contrary to what was advertised and expected, the move toward integration of decision-making bodies in the past few years has fired up protests. What happened in practice were contradictory and inconsistent comments about opponents; now we have senior officials who are unable to practice what they preached.