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Mohammad Mashinchian

Mohammad Mashinchian

Senior Researcher at University of Pittsburgh's Center for Governance and Markets; journalist and Iran analyst covering political economy and governance.

Jul 17, 2026

Eye For Iran

Eye For Iran

Why are US strikes moving deeper into Iran? | Eye for Iran | EP 112 |

Jul 17 · 1h 9m

Negar Mojtahedi
Negar MojtahediHOST
56:09
So paint us a picture and then tell me when you say many people, give me some hard numbers.
Mohammad Mashinchian
Mohammad MashinchianGUEST
56:15
Well, from this 40 million that the statistics completely ignore.
Mohammad Mashinchian
Mohammad MashinchianGUEST
56:20
Wow.
Mohammad Mashinchian
Mohammad MashinchianGUEST
56:22
They say part of this population is retired, rightly so.
Mohammad Mashinchian
Mohammad MashinchianGUEST
56:27
But the retired, Iran is a very young country, and 63%, 64% of Iranian people are under 40 years of age.
Mohammad Mashinchian
Mohammad MashinchianGUEST
56:38
And the entire retired population are around 4% to 6%.
Mohammad Mashinchian
Mohammad MashinchianGUEST
56:47
So that's one part of it.
Negar Mojtahedi
Negar MojtahediHOST
58:28
Is Iran educating millions of women only to have them not appear at work and basically have an economy that has no place for them?

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