{"id":237652,"date":"2021-04-10T03:42:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T08:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=237652"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:59:32","slug":"the-root-of-irans-economic-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/the-root-of-irans-economic-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Root of Iran\u2019s Economic Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stock-image-of-digital-red\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237653 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Stock-image-of-digital-red.jpg\" alt=\"Stock image of digital red\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Stock-image-of-digital-red.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Stock-image-of-digital-red-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Stock-image-of-digital-red-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Stock-image-of-digital-red-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Stock-image-of-digital-red-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iranians hardly make their ends meet and grapple with the Covid-19 outbreak and various <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-state-run-media-admits-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-warns-officials-of-an-uprising\/\" rel=\"noopener\">economic hardships<\/a>, such as skyrocketing prices and inflation. State-run media acknowledge how mullahs&#8217; corruption and wrong economic policies have devastated Iranian people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;scarcity of goods and the skyrocketing prices are not leaving people. Yesterday, like other days in the last seven months, people were standing in long lines to purchase poultry,&#8221; wrote the state-run Vatan-e Emrooz on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;People&#8217;s dissatisfaction in last year increased due to various reason. People are grappling with different economic, political, cultural, and social issues,&#8221; wrote the state-run Arman daily on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;In December 2019, Hossein Salahvarzi, Vice President of Iran Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ranked Iran 119th among other countries in the world based on a global report comparing countries in the framework of 9 indicators of business opportunities, education, health, security, individual freedoms, and quality of governance,&#8221; Arman daily added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;According to the Central Bank&#8217;s official chart, the inflation rate in 2018 reached 31.2%, in 2019 reached 41.2%. According to the recent report by the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/facts-and-figures-show-how-mullahs-have-destroyed-irans-economy\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry of Economy<\/a>, the declared inflation rate in 2020 surpassed 44%,&#8221; wrote the state-run Tasnim News Agency on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Uprising in Southeast Iran and Retirees&rsquo; Protests Suggest Society&rsquo;s Restiveness\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_s6dDO691a98\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fs6dDO691a98%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6dDO691a98\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-03-12T17:16:16Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_s6dDO691a98\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fs6dDO691a98%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Uprising in Southeast Iran and Retirees\u2019 Protests Suggest Society\u2019s Restiveness<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/s6dDO691a98\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fs6dDO691a98%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Uprising in Southeast Iran and Retirees&rsquo; Protests Suggest Society&rsquo;s Restiveness\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On February 28, 2021, pensioners in Iran held nationwide protests for the fourth consecutive week. The protests took place simultaneous with the uprising in Sistan &amp; Baluchistan, southeast Iran. Retirees held demonstrations in 11 cities in 10 provinces. The regime\u2019s economic mismanagement &amp; corruption have devastated Iran\u2019s economy. Thus, all walks of life are grappling with poverty &amp; a high inflation rate. Hojatollah Abdolmaleki, deputy director of the so-called Imam Khomeini Relief Committee: \u201cIn 2018, the average cost of food per person was 150,000 tomans per month, but now it has reached 600,000 tomans.\u201d State-run Resalat daily: Retirees stage protests because their \u201cpensions do not even answer their needs to purchase food.\u201d These factors have turned Iranian society into a powder keg. The daily protests in Iran, including retirees\u2019 protests &amp; the uprising in Sistan &amp; Baluchistan foretell a nationwide uprising. Protest movements have features that distinguish them from previous ones: Extensiveness &amp; intensity. State-run Etemad daily, Feb 28, 2021: \u201cThe wild horse of unrest is going from one city to another, leaving many injuries &amp; dangers in the system.\u201d State-run Jahan-e Sanat daily, Feb 28: These protests are like \u201ca time bomb under the skin of society. No one knows when it will explode.\u201d These signs foretell that Iran is on the verge of a revolution. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ #Iran #IranProtests #Retireess\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;A quick examination of prices in the country in last eight years indicates many goods and services have become ten times more expensive, Tasnim added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In another article on Friday, Tasnim acknowledged: &#8220;Government officials, from the first days of the\u00a0 [Persian] New Year, accounted they have no intention to increase prices in the government&#8217;s last three months in power. Interestingly, officials started increasing prices in another meeting, and every day we hear news of the change in the prices of some goods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The fluctuation of prices of people&#8217;s basic and consumer goods is increasing while with the month of Ramadan approaching, people must purchase necessary goods. With meetings and slogans, we cannot reach a good result,&#8221; Tasnim added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What is the root of Iran&#8217;s economic crisis?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Tying all problems to sanctions is going on for years. Sanctions are not the reason for all of Iran&#8217;s economic crises. According to economic and political experts, 30% of problems are due to the sanctions, but 70% of problems are due to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irans-stock-market-exchange-crisis-sign-of-regimes-economic-mismanagement-institutionalized-corruption\/\" rel=\"noopener\">mismanagement<\/a>, [wrong] decision, and planning of governments,&#8221; wrote the state-run Siyasat-e Rouz daily on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;People are now grappling with issues which increases their dissatisfaction, such problem [in purchasing] poultry, eggs, vegetable oils, and other sudden skyrocketing prices. The government is unable to resolve these issues,&#8221; Siyasat-e Rouz added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Should we blame sanctions for skyrocketing prices and scarcity of poultry? [the regime&#8217;s] recklessness and disabilities are not involved in this [crisis]?&#8221; Siyasat-e Rouz article reads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Sadly, 60 percent of the population are under the poverty line\u2026. We should not deceive ourselves. In the last four decades, people&#8217;s trust in the system has not been lower than now. According to state-run Alef News Agency, &#8220;people currently have the lowest trust in the system,&#8221; said Ahmad Tavakoli, a member of the regime&#8217;s Expediency Council on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;People live in such a poor condition that the government is obliged to violate even [its] basic rules and principles and help the people. If it does not act, something happens that should not happen,&#8221; Tavakoli said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;In November [2020], before those incidents, I said we should distribute food and health baskets among people. If you do not, you should await the rebellion [uprising] of the poor,&#8221; Tavakoli said, warning regime officials of another uprising in the scale of the November 2019 protests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranians hardly make their ends meet and grapple with the Covid-19 outbreak and various economic hardships, such as skyrocketing prices and inflation. 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