Bermuda Triangle of Poor Economic Governance

Iran’s industry [and the economy in general] has vanished in the Bermuda Triangle of poor policymaking for years now, taking along with it “economic governance”, “quality of diplomacy” and “social and cultural imperatives”. It is impossible to see real added value in the industrial sector. Many of the country’s economic players and independent analysts see as inevitable and imminent the weakening of the economy’s productive structures. These were stated by Hossein Selahvarzi, the deputy head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, in an article for the Persian-language daily Donya-e-Eqtesad. A translation of the full text follows: