Iran's Parliament Speaker Warns Economy Could Collapse Regime

Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf issued a stark warning about the regime's economic fragility, stating that no amount of military power can sustain the country if its people are hungry. "No matter how much military power we have, if people are hungry and we don't have financial circulation, economic growth and domestic production, we will not endure," Ghalibaf said. The remarks come as Iran continues to pour resources into its military and proxy networks across the Middle East while its domestic economy buckles under sanctions and mismanagement. The admission from one of Iran's top officials underscores growing concern within the regime itself that economic collapse, not foreign pressure alone, could pose the greatest threat to its survival.