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"We should be a little bit cautious about the view that the Iranian economy is simply on the verge of collapse," Mehrdad Sepahvand, a former economic adviser to the Central Bank of Iran, told CNBC's Dan Murphy on "Access Middle East" on Thursday. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/i...

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Trump says Iran's economy is collapsing. A former central bank adviser in Tehran pushes back

Iran's economy is deteriorating under the weight of mounting sanctions, but far from unraveling, a former adviser to Iran's central bank told CNBC.