Nothing says hyperinflation like a ten million currency unit banknote.
The US and Western nations need to be three weeks into planning for relief and stability operations to prevent mass starvation in Iran after the Mullah Regime goes down.
After the Mullah's🧵
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The US and Western nations need to be three weeks into planning for relief and stability operations to prevent mass starvation in Iran after the Mullah Regime goes down.
After the Mullah's🧵
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https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/2035406240772178326
The horrid impending humanitarian disaster reality for Iran is the current regime is a dead man walking because of hyperinflation.
Iran lacks the administrative ability to replace the current hyperinflated currency in the traditional manner...
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Iran lacks the administrative ability to replace the current hyperinflated currency in the traditional manner...
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...of a three day closing of the banks and handing out new note for old.
In addition, the close down of the internet for security reasons combined with the striking of Iranian bank data centers means there are no operable credit or debit cards.
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In addition, the close down of the internet for security reasons combined with the striking of Iranian bank data centers means there are no operable credit or debit cards.
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This means cash is king...but no one in the bottom 2/5th of the Iranian population has enough of the hyper-inflated Rial currency to buy enough food to replace any reserves they had at the start of the current war.
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Since January 2026 Mullah Regime security forces have only allowed people to be free to move in shifts to buy food.
After three weeks of war, the economic bottom 2/5ths of the Iranian people don't have any food reserves left and are scrambling to get enough food of any sort.
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After three weeks of war, the economic bottom 2/5ths of the Iranian people don't have any food reserves left and are scrambling to get enough food of any sort.
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Few 1st worlders in the USA, Europe or East Asia understand what just in time inventory practices mean for food security in the event of the internet going down.
There is no slack.
There is no redundancy.
There is "no inventory in back of the store."
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There is no slack.
There is no redundancy.
There is "no inventory in back of the store."
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All that is in the back of the supermarket food store is a set of loading docks and enough room to process the inventory unloaded from semi-tractor trailer rigs at the loading docks.
There are few wholesale facilities with food inventory of any sorts.
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There are few wholesale facilities with food inventory of any sorts.
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Most food inventory is in containers or trailers in transit at any given time.
Iran isn't as far down the just-in-time inventory model as the 1st world...but they are far enough down it that retail levels across Iran are significantly drained.
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Iran isn't as far down the just-in-time inventory model as the 1st world...but they are far enough down it that retail levels across Iran are significantly drained.
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There has to be very little food at local Iranian retail outlets now.
Simply because of the lack of internet communications telling wholesale levels of food inventory to push forward food to retail outlets.
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Simply because of the lack of internet communications telling wholesale levels of food inventory to push forward food to retail outlets.
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BLUF:
If you though Iranian hyperinflation was bad before. It is getting far worse now for the poorest 40% of Iranians.
This points up the need for the US-Israeli air forces to fastly increase the pace of engagement of Regime Security Forces.
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If you though Iranian hyperinflation was bad before. It is getting far worse now for the poorest 40% of Iranians.
This points up the need for the US-Israeli air forces to fastly increase the pace of engagement of Regime Security Forces.
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The longer it takes for the Regime Security Forces to be destroyed to a level that a January 2026 uprising can succeed.
The bigger the humanitarian disaster Iran is going to suffer from mass starvation for food supply chain collapse.
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The bigger the humanitarian disaster Iran is going to suffer from mass starvation for food supply chain collapse.
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