{"id":218180,"date":"2020-05-12T15:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=218180"},"modified":"2023-01-23T21:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:40:59","slug":"irans-regime-fears-post-coronavirus-outbreak-situation-desperately-tries-to-control-restive-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-regime-fears-post-coronavirus-outbreak-situation-desperately-tries-to-control-restive-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Fears Post-Coronavirus Outbreak Situation, Desperately Tries to Control Restive Society"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Post-Coronavirus and Fear of Iranian People’s Uprising<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Iranian regime<\/span>\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0handling of the coronavirus outbreak<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>confirms how they consider this humanitarian crisis\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>security threat.\u00a0<\/span>The Iranian regime\u2019s officials and\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span>media have been\u00a0<\/span>giving warnings of the \u201cpost-<\/span>coronavirus outbreak\u201d situation and a possible uprising.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When we look at the situation from this perspective,\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>e could understand\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>regime\u2019s continuous mass arrest of political prisoners, suppressing prison riots over the coronavirus\u00a0<\/span>outbreak, executions, and most importantly<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0regime\u2019s incessant campaign of cover-up and deception.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Iranian society\u00a0<\/span>is like a powder keg.\u00a0<\/span>The Iranian people, particularly youth and women<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0are\u00a0<\/span>frustrated with the regime\u2019s 40 years of oppression.\u00a0<\/span>On the other hand, the regime\u2019s institutionalized\u00a0<\/span>corruption,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>economic mismanagement<\/span>\u00a0and plundering\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>national wealth for funding its terrorist activities\u00a0<\/span>have left the Iranian society in\u00a0<\/span>poverty<\/span>\u00a0and increased the inflation and unemployment rate<\/span>s<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The coronavirus has increased the unemployment rate<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>adding more people to the army of hungries.\u00a0<\/span>Even before the coronavirus outbreak,\u00a0<\/span>the minimum wages, particularly those of the Iranian workers,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>could not<\/span>\u00a0cover\u00a0<\/span>household expenses.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard<\/span>, Hossain\u00a0<\/span>Raghfar<\/span>, one of the regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>economist<\/span>s<\/span>, in an\u00a0<\/span>interview<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Jahan<\/span>-e\u00a0<\/span>Sanat<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>daily in early March,\u00a0<\/span>said that there was a 70% gap between Iran\u2019s minimum wage and the money needed for daily expenses.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow with the spread of the coronavirus they have become unemployed and it\u2019s not clear how they provided their basic needs and that of their families,\u201d he told the\u00a0<\/span>Jahan-e\u00a0Sanat\u00a0<\/span>daily\u00a0<\/span>adding that workers were going through\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>very harsh days<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe minimum wage<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>only covers 30% of household expenses<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0he added.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, the state-run daily\u00a0<\/span>Sharq<\/span>\u00a0wrote<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0\u201cIt is predicted that between 2.8 and 6.4 million people will lose their jobs due to the Coronavirus crisis, of which 70% do not have any insurance coverage \u2026 Workers, laborers, and self-employed\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>will suffer the most. Most of them will be pushed below the poverty line, and if the government does not offer effective support, the unemployment crisis and poverty will turn into other issues.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The state-run\u00a0<\/span>Esteqlal<\/span>\u00a0daily wrote on\u00a0<\/span>Sunday<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0\u201cIn Tehran, 14,000 people live on scouring garbage, 4,600 of whom are children. There are half a million child-laborers in Iran who will face a deep crisis if they do not work. Although for \u2019child-laborers,\u2019 the pre-Coronavirus era was also risky, not taking precautions and searching garbage at a time when \u2019risk of death\u2018 is felt more than ever is a wake-up call for all sectors of society and also a warning to the government.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an article, the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Jamaran<\/span>\u00a0website on May 1 wrote:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“If a worker, before the revolution, could purchase a house\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>24-year installments, now in 2020, they must pay 137 years of installments to have a house. If in 1979, a worker was able to purchase a\u00a0<\/span>Peykan<\/span>\u00a0automobile by only saving 13 months of their income, now, in 2020, they can purchase a\u00a0<\/span>Perayd<\/span>\u00a0automobile by saving 46 months of their income. If in 1979 each worker was able to purchase 74 kg of meat with only one month of their income, now they can purchase the only 17kg of meat with a month\u2019s income. And if in 1979, they were able to use their salary to purchase 12 grams of gold, now they can use their monthly wage to purchase 3<\/span>.<\/span>5 grams of gold.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the mullahs\u2019 regime, the e<\/span>mployed workers are not in a better situation. Their situation has deteriorated in recent years, and their purchasing power has declined every year. Mohammad\u00a0<\/span>Shariatmadari<\/span>, the Rouhani government\u2019s minister of labor, announced on April 9 that the Supreme Labor Council had \u201cset the minimum wage at 1,835,426\u00a0<\/span>tomans<\/span>\u00a0(about $150), with a 21 percent increase in comparison to the previous year.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This amount is less than the official 41 percent inflation rate. According to Article 41 of the regime\u2019s Labor Law, the regime is obliged to determine wages in accordance with the inflation rate announced by the Central Bank, and this year the Central Bank has announced an inflation rate of 41%.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While Iranian workers and\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>entire society suffer from these economic hardships, the financial institution close to the regime\u2019s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)\u00a0<\/a><\/span>control a vast financial empire.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Jomhuri<\/span>-e\u00a0<\/span>Eslami<\/span>\u00a0daily on\u00a0<\/span>April 10<\/span>\u00a0asked<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0\u201c<\/span>What will the Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order<\/span>\u00a0(EIKO)<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Mostazafan<\/span>\u00a0Foundation of Islamic Revolution and\u00a0<\/span>Astan<\/span>\u00a0Quds\u00a0<\/span>Razavi<\/span>\u00a0do if they do not spend their money for the impoverished people?<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>These financial powers include the Execution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order,\u00a0<\/span>Mostazafan<\/span>\u00a0Foundation of Islamic Revolution and Astan Quds Razavi<\/a>. The vast financial and facilities these centers possess, if used to help the damaged society sectors by the coronavirus, will resolve these sectors\u2019 problems rapidly and completely. These assets and facilities belong to people and should be exactly used in such situations to resolve people\u2019s problems<\/span>,\u201d the article added.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The regime, instead of providing these assets to the people,\u00a0<\/span>forced poor<\/span>\u00a0people to go to work and end the quaranti<\/span>ne. This now has resulted in more death and infection.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The regime’s president, Hassan Rouhani’s remarks in this regard are notable.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In his speech justifying sending workers back to work amid the coronavirus pandemic, Rouhani left workers to choose between death due to the coronavirus or poverty and unemployment. He said: \u201cThe coronavirus is a disease, yet unemployment is a great danger. The coronavirus death should not be contained while there will be deaths due to poverty and unemployment.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The real threat<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sending people back to work, arresting people for telling the truth about the coronavirus outbreak<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>suppressing prions riots are\u00a0<\/span>among\u00a0<\/span>the regime\u2019s desperate attempts to control the restive Iranian society. Telling the truth about extent of this crisis<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>quarantining people yet not backing them financially, sending them back to work or\u00a0<\/span>covering up this situation will lead to an uprising.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a nutshell the regime is in a deadlock.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard,\u00a0<\/span>referring to the economic hardships,\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0state-run<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Jamaran<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>website wrote:\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>For this reason, a huge part of the November 2019 protesters [the nationwide Iran protests sparked by the sudden increase in fuel prices] are the unemployed children of these workers. This year, what choice does a government with zero oil revenue and a 50% budget deficit have other than printing banknotes? And this means a higher inflation rate and workers\u2019\u00a0<\/span>food<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>basket<\/span>\u00a0shrinking, making the next protesting force more explosive. Will anyone listen? Is there a will to bring the country out of this bone-breaking deadlock?<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahmad\u00a0<\/span>Naderi<\/span>, one of the regime\u2019s officials told the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Resalat<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>daily on March 7<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0\u201cI am worried about the social and security outcome of this crisis<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>oon<\/span>, r<\/span>ebellions, much larger<\/span>\u00a0than<\/span>\u00a0the ones in 2018 and 2019 and certainly much larger<\/span>\u00a0than<\/span>\u00a0the ones in\u00a0<\/span>the 19<\/span>90s<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0will happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Iranian regime’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak confirms how they consider this humanitarian crisis to be a security threat. The Iranian regime’s officials and state media have been giving warnings of the “post-coronavirus outbreak” situation and a possible uprising.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":218181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-218180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-coronavirus"},"yoast_head":"\nIran\u2019s Regime Fears Post-Coronavirus Outbreak Situation, Desperately Tries to Control Restive Society - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Iranian regime\u2019s\u00a0handling of the coronavirus outbreak\u00a0confirms how they consider this humanitarian crisis\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0a\u00a0security threat.\u00a0The Iranian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-regime-fears-post-coronavirus-outbreak-situation-desperately-tries-to-control-restive-society\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran\u2019s Regime Fears Post-Coronavirus Outbreak Situation, Desperately Tries to Control Restive Society - 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