Despite attempts at reform, Iran's economic difficulties worsened
in 2012 due to:
a. the fact the government's privatization plan for state industries was really pseudo-privatization.
b. a failed plan to convert basic necessity subsidies to the poor into transfer payments.
c. widespread corruption among the nation's economic and political elites.
d. international economic sanctions imposed to deter Iran's nuclear arms development.
Question 2
The Iranian political faction that promotes economic development
through the more reliance on market forces and foreign investment is the __________ faction.
a. pragmatist
b. reformist
c. conservative
d. principalist
