Bilingual Lecture Series: Hashem Pesaran

Royce Hall 314 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles

Sanctions, Economic Mismanagements, and Reforms of the Iranian Economy   Hashem Pesaran University of Southern California and Cambridge University Sunday, February 22, 2026 Royce Hall 314 Alternate Live Stream: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/95091548778 (no registration required for Zoom access)   Download event flyer here   This talk will start with an overview of the Iranian economy since the 1979 Revolution and discusses how a combination of sanctions with varying degrees of severity and economic mismanagements have resulted in low economic growth, high unemployment, and rising inflation. There are clear links between sanctions, the need to circumvent their effects, and economic mismanagements. If these...