On December 4, 2013, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted a scientific conference dedicated to the 100-day term of the new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in power in the country. Employees of scientific institutes of the Academy of Sciences, teachers and students of Moscow universities, representatives of scientific and practical organizations, representatives of the Embassy of Iran and the Cultural Representation of Iran in the Russian Federation made presentations and discussions at the conference. The topic proposed for discussion at the conference attracted a wide response. Fifteen reports covering almost all spheres of activity of the new Iranian government were read out at the conference. Most of the reports were devoted to the foreign policy aspect of the activities of the new Iranian leadership, but the conference began with reports containing an analysis of the situation in the sphere of the Iranian economy, domestic policy, including in the field of national relations, social and cultural spheres of the Iranian government's activities during the specified period. The conference was opened by the head of the Department. N. M. Mammadova's report on the economic policy of the Government of the Republic of Iran and the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Rouhani. She noted that already in 2012, the economic situation in Iran noticeably worsened, and by mid-2013, i.e. by the time of the presidential elections, it turned out to be extremely difficult. GDP growth figures for 2013 turned negative for the first time in 20 years. Since the negative GDP trend clearly coincided with the strengthening of sanctions, it can be assumed that the main reason for the economic crisis was not so much economic policy as such, but rather the sanctions regime. Under the following conditions:- page 166 In a period of forced isolation from the world market and reduced foreign investment, the Ahmadinejad government has ... Читать далее