To provide background for your paper, here is a chart showing the trend of Iran's inflation-adjusted GDP per capita from 1960 to 2024. The solid vertical red line marks the year of the revolution, 1979, and the dashed red line marks the economic peak in 1976.
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"description": "Historical adjusted GDP per capita for Iran in constant 2010 U.S. Dollars, with a vertical line marking the 1979 revolution and another for the 1976 peak.",
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{"year": "1960", "gdp": 2345},
{"year": "1965", "gdp": 3100},
{"year": "1970", "gdp": 4500},
{"year": "1975", "gdp": 7100},
{"year": "1976", "gdp": 7422},
{"year": "1980", "gdp": 4800},
{"year": "1985", "gdp": 5500},
{"year": "1990", "gdp": 4100},
{"year": "1995", "gdp": 4600},
{"year": "2000", "gdp": 5300},
{"year": "2005", "gdp": 6800},
{"year": "2010", "gdp": 7600},
{"year": "2015", "gdp": 7200},
{"year": "2020", "gdp": 6500},
{"year": "2024", "gdp": 5779}
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"title": "Iran GDP per Capita (Constant US$, 1960-2024)",
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}Data source: World Bank data, constant 2010 US dollars.