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Iran

A nation of 92 million with some of the world’s largest oil and gas reserves, where the IMF projects a 7.6% contraction in 2026 after war began in late February and the rial lost value sharply.

Perfect Nations values what Iran owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Iran at a glance

  • 92.4mPeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Shelter44.7%of city dwellers in Iran live in slumsUN-Habitat, 2022
Work with usRead the Letter to Iran

What we do for Iran

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Oil and Gas to The Land.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsThe instruments that raise capital against those assets, from every source.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Shelter is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Iran toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 27.1%Of GDP from oil and gas rents, 2021

    The Oil and Gas

    Oil and gas fields among the largest on earth: rents worth more than a quarter of the economy.

  • 92.4mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    22% are under fifteen: a large, young workforce with deep skills.

  • 29%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Land that can feed the nation and earn abroad, valued and financed against its harvest.

  • 3.4%Of GDP from mineral rents, 2021

    The Minerals

    Copper, iron ore and zinc: a mining base beyond oil.

  • 1.62M km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Territory to farm, power and protect.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Great reserves, closed to most of the world’s capital.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Iran owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • The capital already committed to Iran is being gathered: every instrument and investment on record, with its source.

The Iran Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Shirin Farahani, Nation Steward of Iran

Shirin FarahaniNation Steward of Iran · SI Researcher

Already working in Iran.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Iran, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Iran are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Iran, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Iran in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Iran: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Iran.WATER94.4%SHELTER55.3%ENERGY99%FOOD61.2%EDUCATION58.5HEALTH81LIVELIHOOD64%
55.3%
Shelter · furthest from reachCity dwellers outside slums; 44.7% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Iran

To be set with Iran, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Iran, each year.

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  • Food61.2%Not food insecure; 38.8% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water94.4%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter55.3%City dwellers outside slums; 44.7% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy99%99% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education58.558.5% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • Health81WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood64%Above US$8.30 a day; 36% live below itWorld Bank, 2023

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Iran. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Iran

All Solutions

  • The Solution for IranShelter

    Ring-fence bond money for homes and sanitation.

    • 01The challenge44.7% Of city dwellers in Iran live in slums. UN-Habitat, 2022
    • 02The dealSocial bond, proved in Ecuador, 2020: $400M for affordable homes. Inter-American Development Bank, 2020
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where shelter is furthest from reach should issue a social bond whose proceeds can be spent only on eligible homes, toilets and sewers. With super intelligence, each unit can be planned, priced and verified, and reported to investors every year, until every family has a safe home.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsIran

Dear Iran,

You hold some of the largest oil and gas reserves on earth and a people of great learning.

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This year war and isolation have cut your output and your currency. Almost every one of your households has electricity and clean fuel, yet more than four in ten city dwellers live in slums. When capital can reach you again, build homes first.

“When the capital returns, let it build homes before it builds anything else.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Iran ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Iran, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Iran, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Shelter, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Iranians and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Iran into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Iran, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Iran.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Iran already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Iran.

    Become a Co-designer

The Iran ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Iran with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. World Bank, Macro Poverty Outlook for the Islamic Republic of Iran, April 2026.
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