{"id":240073,"date":"2021-05-20T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=240073"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:55:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:55:05","slug":"iran-the-cause-of-skyrocketing-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iran-the-cause-of-skyrocketing-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: The Cause of Skyrocketing Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iranskyrocketingprices\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-240074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranskyrocketingprices.jpg\" alt=\"In recent days, Iran\u2019s state-run media and economists have rejected this claim that sanctions are the only problem of Iran\u2019s economy.\u00a0\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranskyrocketingprices.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranskyrocketingprices-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranskyrocketingprices-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranskyrocketingprices-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iranskyrocketingprices-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As Iran\u2019s economic crisis deepens, Iran\u2019s state-run media and officials acknowledge how the regime\u2019s corruption has plagued Iranian <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-economy-poverty-corruption-governance-20210518\" rel=\"noopener\">people\u2019s lives<\/a>. They also warn of people\u2019s reactions to the ongoing crises in Iran. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe will have a lot of economic problems in the next four years; the problems that have accumulated in the last ten years will overflow in the next four years,\u201d Masoud Khansari, President of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, told the state-run\u00a0Akhbar-e Sanat daily on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn the last 16 years, 10 million people have been added to the working sector, but the level of employment has increased by only 3 million. Social capital has collapsed, which also affects the economy. Our 10-year average economic growth has been almost zero,\u201d Khansari said, asking a question from the candidates of the regime\u2019s sham presidential elections.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cCosts have risen at all levels and attacked workers\u2019 livelihoods,\u201d wrote the semi-official ILNA News Agency on Thursday. According to ILNA, the cost of \u201cTransportation has risen by an average of 30%; Housing, medical and educational rates are also rising, but the most tangible increase is in the food sector, which increases weekly and daily.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year, the regime\u2019s president <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/who-is-hassan-rouhani\" rel=\"noopener\">Hassan Rouhani<\/a> bragged about the \u201c39% increase\u201d of workers\u2019 salaries. Due to the inflation and since Rouhani\u2019s government continues increasing prices of basic goods, Iranian workers are grappling with poverty.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to ILNA, \u201cIn the first two months of the [Persian] year, the food basket of households alone has increased by one million and 170 thousand tomans.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSo far, the effect of wage increases has only faded with the increase in prices. Workers\u2019 wages today have been lost to inflation. From now on, any increase in the rate means a reversal of the purchasing power of the workers,\u201d ILNA acknowledged.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sanctions\u00a0being\u00a0Iran\u2019s problem?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s state-run media and economists have rejected this claim that sanctions are the problem of Iran\u2019s economy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cUnless there is a fundamental change, or in other words, reforms in the Iranian economy, we will certainly face worse conditions and problems soon,\u201d said Hossain\u00a0Raghfar, one of the regime\u2019s economists, on Wednesday. \u201cOver the past few decades, we have had an orientation in the field of economics that has caused the country to face many crises and problems, and now we have to make a revision and reform in this issue,\u201d\u00a0Raghfar\u00a0added, according to the state-run\u00a0Setare\u00a0Sobh daily on May 19.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Raghfar\u00a0underscored that Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-regime-is-the-source-of-inflation-and-poverty-in-the-country\/\" rel=\"noopener\">economy<\/a> \u201chas been a victim of the [regime\u2019s] oligarchy for the past few decades, and now the government is at the service of this oligarchy. If this path and trend do not change, Iran\u2019s situation will worsen in the future.\u201d\u00a0Raghfar\u00a0underlined that \u201cIran\u2019s economic problems are mostly of domestic origin. Even if the nuclear deal issue and other international issues be resolved, Iran\u2019s economy will still be influenced by domestic decisions.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s economic crises have turned society into a powder keg. People use every opportunity to express their hatred toward the regime as the regime\u2019s farce presidential elections approach calls for a boycott to grow and spread across Iran.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><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<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cNo official has yet commented on why prices are rising. No one has revealed the reasons for the tsunami of rising commodity prices at the beginning of the year. An issue that could lead to dissatisfaction among the people,\u201d\u00a0Vatan-e\u00a0Emrooz\u00a0daily warned regime officials on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn recent years, countless pressures have been put on people\u2019s lives, which is also rooted in the inefficiency of the country\u2019s management system and, of course, the inefficiency of previous governments,\u201d said Hossain Marashi, one of the regime\u2019s former officials on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cDuring the last two decades, the people\u2019s political, social, and economic demands have accumulated. Since these demands have not been fulfilled, they have caused a great deal of frustration. People\u2019s resentment is a political warning that is now shown in the form of unwillingness to participate in elections,\u201d Marashi added, according to the state-run\u00a0Sharq\u00a0daily on Wednesday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Iran&rsquo;s economic crisis deepens, Iran&rsquo;s state-run media and officials acknowledge how the regime&rsquo;s corruption has plagued Iranian people&rsquo;s lives. 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