The International Monetary Fund says in its latest quarterly report that Iran’s GDP will be negative 5.4% this year, and that next year it will grow by only 2.9%.

Iraq, Kuwait, and Qatar will also have negative economic growth this spring this year due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the Islamic Republic’s attacks on these countries, but unlike Iran, next year they will experience double-digit economic growth.

Overall, economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa region will be 0.7% this year, but next year it will reach 6.5%.

Although economic growth in the euro region, China, and most Asian countries this year will slow down, the US economy will grow by 0.2% compared to the previous year and will reach 2.3%.

Global economic growth this year will fall by half a percentage point compared to the previous year to 3%, and in 2027 it is expected to increase to 3.4%.