I. Executive Summary:
II. Introduction
III. Political Risk:
Political/social unrest and instability:
Earlier, Iran was under the rule of Shah. In 1979, Iran declared itself as the theocratic republic under the Ayatollah Khomeini’s guidance and was then named as the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In 1979, Islamic students captured 52 American students and held them hostage with the demand that they return Shan to Iran. This situation created a major crisis among the United States and Iran relationship. After the intervention of Algeria as a mediator, the hostages were released after a captivity of 444 days. The relationship with United Sates was not smooth ever since. A year …show more content…
The drug trafficking is the major ongoing problem in Iran. About 2.8% of their population is addicted to drugs and thus making Iran the world’s most addicted country. As they share boundary with Afghanistan which is the world’s largest producer of opium, they have tight security to avoid drug trafficking.
Tax evasion means the person or organisation not paying their own tax liabilities, thereby involved in underground markets or in illegal business. This lead to a loss of about 20% to 25% in the GDP of the country in 2014. Alcohol and oil smuggling also lead million dollars loss in Iran. Thus the safety is very low for women. These crimes are punishable by law and can be jailed or executed. Human trafficking is very common in Iran. Some reasons for them were broken homes, divorce and troubled families.
The following graph shows the amount of crime in Iran that was updated in April 16, 2016:
The following graph shows the safety during the daytime and night in