Why Hasn’t Iran’s Economy Collapsed? (Level 1)

The United States stopped bombing Iran. Now it uses economic pressure. It has blocked ships and added new sanctions. This has hurt Iran's economy. The value of Iran's money, the rial, has dropped a lot. Prices have risen by about 90 percent. The economy is shrinking. But Iran's leaders are not giving up. Why? First, the government can move money away from ordinary people to itself. It controls big export businesses like oil. When the rial loses value, the state benefits, but ordinary people suffer. Second, Iran has faced sanctions for many years. It finds ways around them. Companies keep large supplies of goods. So sanctions cause pain, but they may not change Iran's decisions.