have widely exploited the term “Islam” to justify oppression and exporting terrorism. For instance, the Iran-Iraq war was initially framed as a “war of infidelity and Islam.” However, after Khomeini’s goals failed, it was rebranded with the pseudonym “Sacred Defense.”
The misleading use of terms has become a hallmark of the regime’s policy to misguide the public and to whitewash its failures. This regime employs terms whose actual meanings are completely distorted to justify its failed policies and crises. A prime example of this approach is the extensive use of the term “imbalance” instead of “bankruptcy.”
The term “imbalance” is originally a technical accounting concept, referring to a situation where the balance between assets and liabilities is disrupted. In the banking system, an imbalance occurs when a bank’s liabilities exceed its assets, potentially leading to bankruptcy.
On November 16, the state-run Donya-ye Eghtesad newspaper wrote, “The banking crisis is one of the most significant challenges of the country’s macroeconomy. An imbalance in bank balance sheets manifests when bank debts grow faster than their assets. If the demand for liquidity sources does not match the supply of liquidity in the banks, an imbalance issue will occur.”
When an imbalance exceeds established standards, banks lose the ability to repay depositors and creditors, resulting in bankruptcy. However, in the official language of the regime, terms like “bankruptcy” and “collapse” have been replaced with “imbalance” to avoid the disgrace and scandal associated with them, perpetuating secrecy and manipulation of true meanings.
Imbalances are not limited to the banking sector but are widespread across all economic domains, such as water, electricity, energy, budgets, and pension funds. Increasing liquidity, widespread unemployment, poverty, class disparity, and uncontrolled printing of money have pushed the economy to the brink of collapse. This situation has led conflicting factions to acknowledge various bankruptcies.
On November 24, Asr-e-Iran news website wrote, “Mismatches in various political, economic, social, and energy spheres have brought the country to the edge of bankruptcy. [Regime president Masoud] Pezeshkian popularized the term ‘imbalance’ and said some imbalances are at the brink. Imbalance is essentially a polite term for the word bankruptcy. From these remarks, Pezeshkian’s meaning is clear: we are going bankrupt.'”
Interestingly, a few days later, the bankruptcy crisis resurfaced in a pro-regime media outlet.
On November 26, the state-run Ham-mihan newspaper wrote, “It must be understood that Pezeshkian’s primary mission is to address imbalances… Pezeshkian said that in some areas, mismatches have brought us to the edge of a cliff. The cliff can be translated as bankruptcy or Iran turning into Greece. At least in Greece, Germany was there to help, but here, if we fall, who knows what can be done other than praying to God.”
An analysis of the 2025 budget reveals that the government can no longer finance development projects. Hojjat Mirzaei, head of the Research Center of the Iran Chamber, said, “96% of the budget is spent on government operational costs, leaving only 4% for development. Financing for private sector projects or capital-intensive ventures has virtually reached zero. Inflation next year will exceed 40%, and the number of unfinished projects will reach 90,000,” (Source: the state-run Etemad newspaper, November 27)
Dr. Davoud Souri, a former professor at Sharif University of Technology, also asserts that the government lacks a concrete plan for managing the country’s economy.
On November 27, Jamaran website quoted him as saying, “Annual budgets are primarily crafted as one-year spending frameworks without any underlying strategic plan.”
The primary cause of imbalances in Iran’s economy lies in the structure of the mullahs’ regime itself. This structural inefficiency has led to economic, social, and environmental crises.
On October 3, Iran Economist quoted the head of the Parliament’s Economic Commission as saying, “The various mismatches we face today stem from mismatches in governance. Unless these are corrected, we cannot resolve imbalances in energy, pension funds, the budget, and more.”
It is evident that no matter how much the regime tries to conceal its bankruptcy with pseudonyms and distorted concepts, its downfall is inevitable. Today, the informed people of Iran, alongside courageous youth and organized Resistance Units, have unveiled the regime’s hypocrisy and are ready to hurl it into the abyss of oblivion.