The Der Spiegel magazine, published in Germany, wrote: Ahmadinejad is hated and disgusted by the international community; in fact, he has sunk Iran particularly economically deeper in crisis.

Citing an Iranian expert, Der Spiegel wrote: Inflation has exceeded 25 percent; over half of the country’s labor force is unemployed and the trade companies belonging to government and governmental agencies have hired many salaried merely due to in-group dependence.