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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T07:08:52.000Z",
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    "Iran Economy Collapse",
    "Iran Livelihood",
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    "Absolute Poverty in a Land of Wealth: When Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf Is Forced to Admit the Crisis",
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  "textContent": "Official acknowledgment of 34% absolute poverty exposes the depth of Iran’s structural economic collapse and widening class divide. New remarks by Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Iran regime’s parliament, have laid bare the severity of the country’s economic breakdown. In recently published statements on household living conditions, Ghalibaf acknowledged that approximately 34 percent of Iran’s population […]\n\nThe post Absolute Poverty in a Land of Wealth: When Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf Is Forced to Admit the Crisis appeared first on Iran News Update.",
  "title": "Absolute Poverty in a Land of Wealth: When Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf Is Forced to Admit the Crisis"
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