In the wake of the Assad regime’s collapse, the Iranian government has faced domestic criticism over its massive expenditures to prop up the Syrian dictator, even as Iranians suffered economic hardship at home.

Much remains unknown to the Iranian and Syrian public and the wider world about the extent of these expenditures and what Iran received economically in return.

Did Iranian state actors, or the private sector, secure lucrative investments in exchange for the Syria intervention? How much money did Iran actually spend in Syria? What will happen to the Syrian debt file and Iran’s investments now that Assad has been deposed?

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