They were not protected by the government
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The economy of Iran is a mixed and transition economy with a large public sector. Transition economies are involved in a process of moving from a centrally planned economy to a mixed or free market economy.
They had to reinvent their economy because General Shermans tactic of total war. when he did total war, he marched from the north all the way to Atlanta, Georgia and destroyed anything that couldn't be used as food or supplies. so they had to reinvent their economy because the south was totally destroyed