{"id":240661,"date":"2021-05-29T08:26:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T13:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=240661"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:53:53","slug":"state-media-acknowledge-real-problem-of-irans-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/state-media-acknowledge-real-problem-of-irans-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"State Media Acknowledge Real Problem of Iran\u2019s Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iraneconomiccrisisncri\" class=\"size-full wp-image-240662 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iraneconomiccrisisncri.jpg\" alt=\"Facts acknowledged by Iran's state media underline that Iran\u2019s economy and people suffer from the regime, its corruption, and wrong policies.\u00a0\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iraneconomiccrisisncri.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iraneconomiccrisisncri-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iraneconomiccrisisncri-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iraneconomiccrisisncri-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Iraneconomiccrisisncri-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s state-run media in recent days have acknowledged some aspects of Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-poverty-government-corruption-20210524\" rel=\"noopener\">economic<\/a> crises. These media outlets, which are affiliated with the regime\u2019s factions, sometimes reveal astonishing facts about the regime\u2019s corruption amid their factional feuding. These facts underline that Iran\u2019s economy and people <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/outlook-of-irans-economic-crises-and-regimes-role-in-amplifying-them\/\" rel=\"noopener\">suffer<\/a> from the regime, its corruption, and wrong policies.<\/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\">\u201cEconomists believe that the country is currently facing many challenges such as structural inflation, low economic growth, coronavirus pandemic and lack of rapid vaccination, nuclear negotiations and sanctions, demographic window and the employment problem, social security and pension funds, improving the business environment, water resources crisis, capital outflow in the country, and privatization,\u201d wrote the state-run Tabnak News Agency on May 23.<\/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\">One of Iran\u2019s economic crises, which affects Iranian people\u2019s daily lives, is the rising inflation rate.\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\">\u201cInflation is the most important socio-economic issue in Iran, which has caused\u00a0tons of money, equivalent to $350\u00a0billion\u00a0of capital in the housing sector, to remain stagnant. Stagnant capital is about $ 650 billion in gold and coins and about $ 20 billion in foreign exchange,\u201d state-run\u00a0Sharq\u00a0daily wrote on Thursday.\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\">\u201cAs a result, about\u00a0one trillion dollars of stagnant capital remains unused and stagnant due to inflation and does not enter the field of production,\u201d\u00a0Sharq\u2019s\u00a0article adds.\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\u00a0Sharq\u2019s\u00a0article, \u201cIran\u2019s point-to-point inflation rate in March 2021 compared to March 2020 is about 48.7 percent, which is a very high figure compared to some of Iran\u2019s neighboring countries.\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\">\u201cThe current issue of Iranian society, especially on the eve of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/2021-iran-presidential-election-iran-regime-sham-election-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">elections<\/a>, is the livelihood of the people. People are facing challenges in daily life, and there is an employment crisis. On the other hand, salaries are not only not strengthened but also weakened.\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\">People\u2019s purchasing power has dropped dramatically,\u201d Arman daily wrote on Thursday.\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\">Arman\u2019s article then asks: \u201cThe question is: how did the country\u2019s economy reach such a state?\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\">\u201cThe problem is structural. The problem is that economics has not yet been a real problem for [the regime]. However, the effects of the economy have been a problem for us. These problems include people\u2019s poor living conditions, homelessness, double-digit unemployment rates, unemployment of university graduates, unemployment of educated girls,\u201d Arman article writes.\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\">As Arman daily acknowledges, the regime only fears the consequences of the economic crisis and people\u2019s reactions.\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\">What damages 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><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While many of the regime\u2019s apologists try to blame sanctions for all of Iran\u2019s economic crises, state-run media and the regime\u2019s economists acknowledge that Iran\u2019s economy suffers from the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption.\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\">\u201cOur economy is based on embezzlement and speculation,\u201d said Hossain\u00a0Raghfar, one of the regime\u2019s economists, on Wednesday, according to the official IRNA News Agency.\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\">While referring to the recent power outages across Iran and the scarcity and the high prices of meat,\u00a0Raghfar\u00a0acknowledged how the regime\u2019s corruption damages Iran\u2019s economy.<\/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\">\u201cOne of the issues today in the case of power outages is the issue of currency codes. China, India, Turkey, and Poland are [mining bitcoin] in Iran because of cheap electricity. Or the scarcity of meat. On the one hand, livestock is smuggled to the countries of the southern Persian Gulf, and on the other hand, meat is imported,\u201d\u00a0Raghfar\u00a0adds.\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\">The regime has been introducing official plans to plunder Iranians. One of these so-called <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/as-irans-economic-crisis-intensify-state-run-media-warn-of-peoples-reaction-call-it-poison\/\" rel=\"noopener\">plans<\/a> is \u201cEmpowerment and sustainability of the Social Security Organization.\u201d<\/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\">On Thursday, the semi-official ILNA News Agency reported: \u201cThe Empowerment and Sustainability of the Social Security Organization plan were announced with the signatures of 34 members of the 11th parliament.\u201d <\/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, \u201cOn the one hand, this plan fundamentally changes the basis for calculating pensions and increases the years of calculation from two years to 20 years. On the other hand, the plan reduces the benefits of hard and harmful pensions. The plan, which was secretly written and is slowly moving towards final approval, is the first plan by the authorities to reduce workers\u2019 rights.\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><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\">ILNA acknowledges that this plan is the regime\u2019s \u201cmost important attack on the workers\u2019 salaries and purchasing power. About salaries, because private-sector costs are high and income is low, workers are not entitled to higher wages.\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\">The so-called private sector is another name of the regime\u2019s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) which dominates 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\">This plan also legalizes abuse of labor children in Iran. \u201cThey force children to work under the pretext of strengthening the economy. Under this plan, the government could define public jobs, that is, simple jobs for which, for example, 30 percent of the minimum wage would be paid to young people under a certain age,\u201d ILNA wrote.\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, based on this plan, \u201cPeople, for example, 14 or 15 years old, should be paid 30% of the salary of 3 million Tomans, which is one million Tomans.\u201d Meanwhile, the poverty line in Iran is above ten million tomans.\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\">\u201cUnder this plan, workers between the ages of 15 and 70 must work at agreed wages, well below the current minimum wage, receive a pension one-third of the poverty line, and let authorities plunder their historical savings in the Social Security Organization,\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<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cSimply put, because employment conditions and insurance funds are both critical, officials say: \u2018Let\u2019s sacrifice the working class to pump blood into the veins of the oligarchy,\u201d ILNA concluded.\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&rsquo;s state-run media in recent days have acknowledged some aspects of Iran&rsquo;s economic crises. 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