I asked AI (Grok) this AM to assemble a solution to the question.....how much money shifted out of Iran since 2000.....from the private 'holder'. You know....'capital-flight'.
So that was a 15-minute effort by AI. First, Grok noted...NO ONE in the gov't is collecting such data, and it's mostly non-Iranian sources who noticed such things. Then Grok noted...the chief reason for the 'flight'....was inflation and avoiding local/regional banks (stability question).
From 2015 to early-2025....the number comes up to around 145-billion dollars that left. That's about 45-percent of the GDP.
For the period 2011 to 2015....the number amounts to about $10-Billion per year.
For 2025 by itself? Well....curiously, the amount surged massively....figure in the mid $30-Billion range (like they knew things were going to spiral).
The period 2000 to 2011? Mostly a guessing game, and figured in the $5-Billion a year range or less.
Clearly, a guy who ran a business and ran yearly profits....had zero interest in improving his business or putting the cash into Iranian banks for loan/savings value.
So all this cash lingering in non-Iran banks? Yeah.
Associated with both the 'good-guys' and 'bad-guys'? This has been brought up a good bit....where the Mullahs themselves have cash-flow, and they diverted money outside of Iran....to buy property and financial assets.
Thoughts over $1-Trillion outside of the country? This group saw no advantage (short-term or long-term) in keeping their profits within Iran. Zero trust is the key element....harming the banks.
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