While the Presstitutes keep everyone focused on Venezuela and/or fraud in Minnesota, they are conveniently overlooking the total economic collapse in Iran. This begs the question; How long can Iran survive?
Well, if history is any indicator (and it is) Iran could fall within a few weeks.
Wait, What?
That’s right, a few weeks.
They’ve gone into total meltdown mode with the accelerating protests (the largest in their history) with their dollar (the Rial) collapsing over 90% in value.
And the following timeline illustrates how quickly everything is coming unglued:
- December 3, 2025: Rial hit what was then considered a historic low
- December 13, 2025: New gasoline pricing system implemented
- December 14, 2025: Dollar breached 1.2 million rials
- December 16, 2025: Dollar reached 1.31 million rials
- December 31, 2025: The Iranian Rial breached a catastrophic psychological barrier. It reached a record low of 1.45 million rials to one US dollar
- January 7, 2026: The US dollar quoted at about 1.47 million rials
Translation: The historical record is brutal: no government has survived intact when their currency collapsed by 90% or more in a month.
Ironically (or NOT) here’s what’s not being reported:
- Tehran and much of the rest of the country are running out of water
- The economy is in sharp decline
- And more Iranians are going hungry, especially members of what was once the middle and upper-middle classes
- Once again, history shows that Empires Fall in Economic Crisis
Can Iran Survive?
In the last century we’ve had four examples of major economies following the above pattern.
Starting with Venezuela (2013-2018) entering hyperinflation in 2013 with inflation at 1,000,000% by 2018. (and No, that 1,000,000% is not a typo)
And do you remember Zimbabwe (2007-2009) whose peak inflation hit an estimated 79.6 billion percent month-on-month in mid-November 2008, when a $100 trillion banknote could not pay for a simple bus fare…no typo here either.
Before Zimbabwe we had Yugoslavia (1993-1994) whose inflation makes Venezuela and Zimbabwe look mild…it eventually broke apart into multiple nations.
And let’s not forget Weimar Germany (1923): By late 1923, prices were rising over 30,000% per month, doubling every few days, and this hyperinflation completely wiped out the currency. Again, economic turmoil fostered extreme political movements and ultimately played a role in the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
So, what’s in store for Iran?
It certainly ain’t pretty.
And you should expect to see a domino effect throughout 2026 because after a collapse, the survivability of the immediate Iranian government rests in the hands of the military.
Stay tuned.
And prepare for a panic cycle of volatility in the markets which we cover in more detail in our upcoming January newsletter (HERE).
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