{"id":239245,"date":"2021-05-10T08:29:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=239245"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:56:18","slug":"iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Poverty And Misery And Regime’s 2021 Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Iran:<\/a><\/p>\n

This piece is part of our several articles covering the Iranian regime\u2019s sham presidential elections.<\/a><\/p>\n

Executive Summary<\/h2>\n

This article intends to review how Iran\u2019s economic crises have pushed more people under the poverty line,\u202fencouraging them to boycott the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections.\u202fThe facts in this piece are basically the ones that the State-run media or regime officials have acknowledged.\u00a0 The second part of the article presents the facts underlining that the country’s economy is on freefall and how the Iranian regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Facts and figures<\/h2>\n

Iran\u2019s clerical regime will hold its sham presidential elections in June. While the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, intends to have a large turnout to legitimize his regime, Iranians in their daily protests chant \u201cWe will not vote anymore; we have not seen any justice,\u201d and \u201cWe will not vote anymore; we have heard enough lies.\u201d\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are several factors why Iranian people call for the nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections, such as oppression, economic crises, and people\u2019s desire for a democratic country.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This article intends to review how Iran\u2019s economic crises have pushed more people under the poverty line, encouraging them to boycott the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections, as they see the ruling theocracy as their true enemy. In the second part of this article, we intend to share some facts about how the regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe [sham] presidential elections have the unprecedented situation in terms of people\u2019s unwillingness to participate,\u201d wrote the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Mostaghel<\/span>\u00a0daily on Saturday, April 17.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now\u00a0<\/span>let\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0look at the facts of underlining Iranian people\u2019s dire economic conditions:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1- \u201cWhen the country\u2019s average inflation for 52 years is a little more than 18%, it means that its 52-year inflation rate is 546845%,\u201d said Abbas\u00a0<\/span>Akhundi<\/span>, former Minister of Urban Development, on April 6. \u201cWhen the growth of the country\u2019s national investment for nine years is negative 6.8 percent, it means that this year\u2019s investment has decreased to fifty-two percent compared to ten years ago,\u201d he added, according to the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Eghtesadnews<\/span>\u00a0website. \u201cThe next year\u2019s inflation rate will be higher than 40% of the [previous year]. This means absolute poverty,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Akhundi<\/span>\u00a0added.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2- \u201cIn December 2019, Hossein\u00a0<\/span>Salahvarzi<\/span>, 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,\u201d Arman daily added.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3- \u201cOur budget\u2019s infrastructure is damaged. Look at the infrastructure of this year\u2019s budget. It is record-breaking for its kind. It indicates there is a 36% difference between [public] salaries and expenses,\u201d said\u202f<\/span>Mohammad Bagher\u00a0<\/span>Ghalibaf<\/span>,<\/span><\/a>\u202fthe Speaker of the regime\u2019s Majlis, on January 24, according to state TV.\u202f \u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4-\u202f \u202f \u202f<\/span>The Research Center<\/span><\/a>\u202fof the Iranian regime\u2019s parliament has prepared a report on the country\u2019s economic situation. During its session on May 31, the new parliament of the mullahs has presented the report by Mohammad\u00a0<\/span>Ghasemi<\/span>, the head of the center. The report is titled \u201cImage of the country\u2019s economic situation: Challenges and Strategies.\u201d Its release was also widely covered\u202f<\/span>by state media<\/span><\/a>.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

5- According to Majlis Research Center\u2019s report:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– The first factor in the country\u2019s economic decline is the fall in the national GDP. In straightforward terms, the gross domestic product is the total value of goods and services produced in a country over one year.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Severe inflationary tensions are the second cause of the country\u2019s sinking into the black hole of poverty. The 41 years of religious dictatorship in Iran have been completely spent with inflation. According to official sources, the average inflation rate in the last four decades has been 20 percent, while the average inflation rate in the world has fluctuated at around 3 to 4 percent.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Iran has the fourth-highest inflation rate after Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and Argentina. One of the most important factors in the continuation of high inflation in Iran is the peak of liquidity, the volume of which has recently reached over 2500 thousand billion tomans (10 thousand times more\u00a0<\/span>than what it was in 1979), while the volume of national production at current prices has increased only five times.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– In 2019, liquidity growth reached over 31 percent, while GDP fell by about 7.5 percent. This is the primary source of the collapse of the national currency and the people\u2019s purchasing power, as well as the dramatic fall in the exchange rate of the rial against foreign currencies.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now in this situation, Iranians\u00a0<\/span>have to<\/span>\u00a0struggle to make their ends meet. One might argue that international sanctions on the regime have caused increased pressure on Iranians. But as regime officials have\u00a0<\/span>acknowledged and<\/span>\u00a0based on the information revealed by the Iranian Resistance, the regime\u2019s corruption and wrong economic policies are the real cause of the current crisis.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Facts:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

– \u201cThere is \u2018Transnational\u2019 corruption network in Iran, which operates in the unofficial market. Its annual trade value is $20 billion to $25 billion,\u201d said Abbas\u00a0<\/span>Akhundi<\/span>, the former Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government, on February 8, in an interview with semi-official ISNA news agency.\u202f \u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

–\u00a0<\/span>Akhundi<\/span>\u00a0underlined that this international corruption network has been formed throughout the last 15 years and reached its height during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s presidency. The network distributed over $100 billion among military institutions.\u00a0<\/span>Akhundi<\/span>\u00a0also underlined that \u201cIran\u2019s economy is grappling with deep and institutionalized corruption.\u201d\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– \u201cWe had $ 119 billion in foreign exchange earnings in one year. Last year, we had less than $ 15 billion in foreign exchange earnings, but we had inflation and skyrocketing prices in both years. Our problem is not lacking money, and we have problems even when we do have money. \u201cOn one side, there are mountains of wealth. On the other side, there is poverty,\u201d Mohammad\u00a0<\/span>Baghaer<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ghalibaf<\/span>, the regime\u2019s Parliament speaker, acknowledged on Monday, March 29, during the factional feuding, according to the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Khane-Melat<\/span>\u00a0news agency.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Hossain\u00a0<\/span>Raghfar<\/span>, one of the regime\u2019s economists, acknowledged the regime\u2019s mismanagement and deception are the real damaging factors of Iran\u2019s economy. \u201cThe problem of the country\u2019s economy is not the U.S. or sanctions. The main economic problems are lies, deception, and blaming others for diverting the public mind from the bitter realities that domestic politics has brought upon the people,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Raghfar<\/span>\u00a0told the state-run\u00a0<\/span>Resalat<\/span>\u00a0daily on Thursday, October 15. \u201cThe United States has consistently been cited as the main cause of the country\u2019s problems, while these problems are due to domestic performance. Imports of items such as saddles and toothpicks rose from $16 billion in 2005 to $90 billion in 2011, making the country more dependent and consumerist,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Raghfar<\/span>\u00a0added.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to some facts acknowledged by regime officials and economists, Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards<\/a> have dominated Iran\u2019s economy through their financial institutions and the so-called private companies.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below is an excerpt of two detailed reports about the IRGC\u2019s financial empire, published by the National Council\u00a0<\/span>Of<\/span>\u00a0Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>):\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201cInternational sanctions were never the cause of Iran\u2019s economic ills, which is why their lifting has not provided the cure. There are systemic, entrenched forces at play that have to do with the nature and sociopolitical roots of the political system in power today. Iran\u2019s current chronic recession is primarily an outcome of a despotic regime\u2019s dogged attempts to survive despite a hostile domestic environment. Its rule is constantly challenged by a population largely excluded from legitimate political representation or material economic benefits. [Two nationwide Iran protests in 2018 and 2019 are testaments to this fact.]<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This transformation is enabled by the regime\u2019s constitution, adopted in December 1979.\u00a0<\/span>All of<\/span>\u00a0the principles and articles regarding property ownership either deny or subvert respect for private property. Article 44 constitutionally splits the entire economy into three sectors: state, cooperative, and private. The regime is granted legal justification to seize property by claiming \u201cadherence to Islamic law,\u201d protection of \u201cpublic interests,\u201d and \u201csocial justice.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Article 49, for example, grants the regime \u201cthe responsibility of confiscating all wealth\u201d that the state considers being obtained through illegitimate means. As such, regime officials are unleashed in their large-scale and lucrative confiscation campaign.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Starting in 2005, ownership of property in various spheres of the economy gradually shifted from the population writ large towards a minority ruling elite comprised of the Supreme Leader\u2019s office and the IRGC.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past decade, this has been billed as \u201c<\/span>privatization<\/span><\/a>,\u201d and is how a significant portion of Iran\u2019s economic institutions have been handed off to the Supreme Leader\u2019s office and the security, military, and economic apparatus under his auspices. This so-called privatization campaign, which must be viewed as a decisive turning point, began in earnest in 2005 when Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the IRGC succeeded in closing ranks and stacking the executive with people who completely \u2013 at least initially \u2013 towed their line and shared Khamenei\u2019s strategic vision for the regime.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, Khamenei began to implement a profound restructuring of Iran\u2019s economy, particularly the ownership of a wide range of industries and institutions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first took the form of an official directive issued by Khamenei in May 2005. The government was instructed to transfer 80 percent of its economic enterprises to \u201cnon-government public, private, and cooperative sectors\u201d by the end of 2009. Among these were large mines, primary industries (including downstream oil and gas), foreign commerce, banks, insurance, power generation, port, roads, railroads, airlines, and shipping companies. By some estimates, close to $12B in shares were transferred over just three years, from 2005 to 2008. This compares to less than $1B from 1991 to 2004, a staggering 12-fold increase in a quarter of the time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The beneficiaries of the bulk of these transfers were the Supreme Leader\u2019s office and its various tentacles, including the dominant\u00a0<\/span>Setad<\/span>, the armed services, and the infamous bonyads (foundations). The implications of this stunning power-grab are better grasped because these institutions exercise virtually absolute control of all decision-making processes, legislative mechanisms, intelligence gathering, and access to significant budgetary commitments. As a result, major powerhouses have arisen, which now act as the main players and consequently the gatekeepers for western companies into the Iranian economy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 14 powerhouses and large economic institutions that control Iran\u2019s economy are as follows:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam (<\/span>Setad<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Mostazafan<\/span>\u00a0(Oppressed) Foundation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Astan-e\u00a0<\/span>Qods<\/span>-e Razavi<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shahid (Martyr) Foundation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Emdad<\/span>\u00a0(Aid) Committee<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Cooperative Foundation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Khatam al-<\/span>Anbiya<\/span>\u00a0Construction Headquarters<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cooperative Foundation of the\u00a0<\/span>Bassij<\/span>\u00a0Force<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ghadir Investment Company<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Armed Forces Social Welfare Investment Organization (SATA)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Khatam al-<\/span>Osia<\/span>\u00a0Construction Headquarters<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cooperative Foundation of the State Security Forces (NAJA)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cooperative Foundation of the Army (BTAJA)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cooperative Foundation of the Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff (VDJA)\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The vast and interconnected network of wealth and power in the hands of the Supreme leader is indicative of a sophisticated monopoly over the Iranian economy. Doing business with Iran is to do business with Khamenei and the IRGC. Simultaneously, the significant revenues from this monopoly enable and primarily fund the regime\u2019s terrorism, intransigence, and regional adventurism.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the above facts and figures show that the regime is strategically unstable due to these developments to keep pace with the demands of a growing population and a young demographic. According to The\u202f<\/span>Economist<\/span><\/a>, \u201cThe Islamic Republic\u2019s labor force is expected to grow by 2.5% annually in the five years to 2020, equivalent to about 3 million new job seekers. The problem is thorniest for young people and women, for whom unemployment stands at 25.2% and 19.7% respectively.\u201d These figures are, in part, obtained from official and ultraconservative estimates.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The regime has plundered Iran\u2019s national wealth to fund its illicit and malign activities, such as export of terrorism, racing toward a nuclear weapon, and manufacturing ballistic missiles. This is in addition to the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption, which devours billions of dollars a year.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is now becoming clear why Iranians are willing to boycott the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This article could be summarized in the following points:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Iranians are grappling with poverty, which results from the regime\u2019s wrong economic policies, corruption, and plundering the national wealth.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Iran\u2019s economic crisis has no solution under the current regime, no matter who Khamenei selects. Because the regime is the real reason for Iran\u2019s economic crisis<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

– Since Khamenei and the IRGC dominate Iran\u2019s economy; namely, the \u201cprivate\u201d section, doing any business with the regime will only fuel its warmongering and oppression machine.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the people of Iran continue their protests and call for a nationwide boycott of the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections, the international community should support their desire and not recognize the mullahs\u2019 sham elections.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This piece is part of our several articles covering the Iranian regime’s sham presidential elections. Executive Summary This article intends to review how Iran’s economic crises have pushed more people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":239468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496],"tags":[129,198,229,494],"class_list":{"0":"post-239245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran-election","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-ncri","10":"tag-irans-economy","11":"tag-iran_election_2021"},"yoast_head":"\nIran's Elections 2021 and Its effects on Country's Economy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article presents the facts underlining that the country's economy is on freefall and how the Iranian regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f\u00a0\" \/>\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\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iran's Elections 2021 and Its effects on Country's Economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article presents the facts underlining that the country's economy is on freefall and how the Iranian regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCRI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-10T13:29:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T03:56:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-economy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"545\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mansoureh Galestan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iran_policy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mansoureh Galestan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mansoureh Galestan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9\"},\"headline\":\"Iran: Poverty And Misery And Regime’s 2021 Presidential Election\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-10T13:29:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T03:56:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2149,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Iran-economy.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Iran\",\"NCRI\",\"Iran's Economy\",\"Iran Election 2021\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Iran Election\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/\",\"name\":\"Iran's Elections 2021 and Its effects on Country's Economy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Iran-economy.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-10T13:29:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T03:56:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"This article presents the facts underlining that the country's economy is on freefall and how the Iranian regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Iran-economy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Iran-economy.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":545,\"caption\":\"File photo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/news\\\/iran-election\\\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Iran: Poverty And Misery And Regime’s 2021 Presidential Election\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"NCRI\",\"description\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"alternateName\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/ncri-logo.jpg\",\"width\":402,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/iran_policy\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9\",\"name\":\"Mansoureh Galestan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mansoureh Galestan\"},\"description\":\"Mansoureh Galestan is a writer and novelist. She was a news editor for Radio Mojahed from 1983 to 1988 and a news editor for Simay-e Azadi from 1988 to 2013. She has been a news writer for NCR-Iran since 2013.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ncr-iran.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/mansoureh-galestan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iran's Elections 2021 and Its effects on Country's Economy","description":"This article presents the facts underlining that the country's economy is on freefall and how the Iranian regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iran's Elections 2021 and Its effects on Country's Economy","og_description":"This article presents the facts underlining that the country's economy is on freefall and how the Iranian regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/","og_site_name":"NCRI","article_published_time":"2021-05-10T13:29:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-01T03:56:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":545,"url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-economy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mansoureh Galestan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iran_policy","twitter_site":"@iran_policy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mansoureh Galestan","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/"},"author":{"name":"Mansoureh Galestan","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9"},"headline":"Iran: Poverty And Misery And Regime’s 2021 Presidential Election","datePublished":"2021-05-10T13:29:01+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T03:56:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/"},"wordCount":2149,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-economy.jpg","keywords":["Iran","NCRI","Iran's Economy","Iran Election 2021"],"articleSection":["Iran Election"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/","name":"Iran's Elections 2021 and Its effects on Country's Economy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-economy.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-10T13:29:01+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T03:56:18+00:00","description":"This article presents the facts underlining that the country's economy is on freefall and how the Iranian regime has destroyed Iran\u2019s economy.\u202f\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-economy.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iran-economy.jpg","width":800,"height":545,"caption":"File photo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-election\/iran-poverty-and-misery-and-regimes-2021-presidential-elections\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Iran: Poverty And Misery And Regime’s 2021 Presidential Election"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","name":"NCRI","description":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","alternateName":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ncri-logo.jpg","width":402,"height":100,"caption":"Official website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/iran_policy"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4039d83ce2c628eef0e1a1f461381ab9","name":"Mansoureh Galestan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6d346a2001f8363ce051c28c766cdfe5a68c4ca30376b1978c761f2bed2b63c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mansoureh Galestan"},"description":"Mansoureh Galestan is a writer and novelist. She was a news editor for Radio Mojahed from 1983 to 1988 and a news editor for Simay-e Azadi from 1988 to 2013. She has been a news writer for NCR-Iran since 2013.","url":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/author\/mansoureh-galestan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}