{"id":243883,"date":"2021-07-27T12:38:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T17:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=243883"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:47:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:47:12","slug":"irans-amplifying-economic-crises-foretell-major-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-amplifying-economic-crises-foretell-major-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Amplifying Economic Crises Foretell Major Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iran-poverty\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-243884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-poverty.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-poverty\" width=\"1000\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-poverty.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-poverty-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-poverty-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-poverty-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iran-poverty-696x318.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/new-round-of-iran-protests-state-media-acknowledge-regimes-deadlock\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Protests<\/a> continue across Iran in recent days as people are grappling with water shortages, power outages, and economic pressures. Protests first started in Khuzestan in early July 2021 due to the water crisis. Twelve days after, protests have spread to other Iranian cities, with people calling for regime change.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">July 26 &#8211; Karaj, west of Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a><br \/>More scenes of locals protesting in the streets.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranProtests?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BpvSb5zPE6\">pic.twitter.com\/BpvSb5zPE6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1419723944588939265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAlthough the main <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-economy-inflation-skyrocketing-prices-20210726\" rel=\"noopener\">dynamics<\/a> of these protests have been attributed to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iran-water-protests-reflect-awareness-of-longstanding-corruption\/\" rel=\"noopener\">water scarcity<\/a> and related environmental crises, if we look deeper, these protests and unrests have even deeper roots. This includes the increasing livelihood problems, the skyrocketing prices, and the growing poverty, which water shortages and environmental crises have amplified. Livelihood problems, such as skyrocketing prices, have long sounded the alarm for protests,\u201d wrote the state-run on Sunday.<\/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 the regime\u2019s state-run media, Iran\u2019s economic crises, such as skyrocketing prices and inflation rate, are pressuring Iranians.<\/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\">Based on the engineered statistics Iran\u2019s state media present, Iran\u2019s point-to-point inflation rate until mid-July was 44%. In other words, Iranians must spend 44% more on basic items and services than in July 2020.<\/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 average annual inflation rate in the world over the past decade has been about 5 percent, but the Iranian economy in the 2010s has experienced more than 20 percent annual inflation,\u201d wrote the state-run\u00a0Resalat\u00a0daily on July 24.<\/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\">\u201cIran has one of the highest inflation rates in the world. Increasing the cost of living is the most important factor of psychological pressure on people. The increasing cost of housing and rent is the second factor doubling the pressure on people. The first effect of inflation on people\u2019s lives is a reduction in their purchasing power, which in many cases causes a lot of damage and can negatively affect the economy, business, production, and people\u2019s lives,\u201d\u00a0Resalat\u00a0adds.<\/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 reason for Iran\u2019s rampant inflation rate is the regime\u2019s banknote printing for compensating its budget deficit which has increased the liquidity and the inflation rate.<\/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 reasons for the growth of inflation is banknote printing and the growth of liquidity. According to the Central Bank and based on the macroeconomic statistics in June, the sharp growth of the monetary base and government borrowing from the central bank in the spring of 2021 has led to rising inflation. It has also raised concerns about the growth of liquidity,\u201d\u00a0Resalat\u00a0daily wrote in this regard.<\/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\">But the main reason for Iran\u2019s economic crisis is 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: center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/2077cfe36d0d\/mvalhuta4du\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-219239\" 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\">The state-run Keyhan daily acknowledged that \u201cUnbridled cost of goods and services needed by the people, auction of public revenue sources and closure of hundreds of factories and production centers, the declining value of the national currency, giving 30 billion dollars of currency and 60 tons of gold to the corrupted [regime officials] and increasing the price of housing eight times. Breaking records of rising inflation, stagnation and the Gini coefficient, and the spread of poverty and unemployment and social gap\u201d have damaged the Iranian people\u2019s lives.\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\u2019s factions try to blame one another for Iran\u2019s economic crises. But this is far from reality. Iran\u2019s economy is suffering from the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption and mismanagement.\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\">But according to Gholam Hossein\u00a0Shafei, President of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, \u201cThe problem of Iran\u2019s economy is not [the regime\u2019s former president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad and [the current president Hassan] Rouhani.\u201d \u201cIf the country&#8217;s priority is to solve economic problems, the relationship between economy and politics at the domestic and international level should be assigned, and we should increase economic growth. Otherwise, the economic situation will not improve with the wrong traditions institutionalized in the [regime\u2019s] management,\u201d he added, according to the state-run\u00a0Setar-e\u00a0Sobh\u00a0daily on July 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\">In other words, the regime is unable to resolve Iran\u2019s economic problems. While the regime fails in helping Iranians, they are suffering from extreme 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 the state-run Eghtesad-e\u00a0Pouya\u00a0daily on July 19, \u201cFor workers and retirees, we can say they are either below the poverty line, or absolute poverty, or just alive. In our society, we see people only alive and not living.\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\">Therefore, people continue targeting the regime in their slogans for this crisis. They know how the regime has wasted its resources on terrorism. As people in Tehran on Monday chanted, \u201cNot Gaza, nor Lebanon, my life only for Iran,\u201d and \u201cMullahs, shame on you, let go of our country,\u201d the only way to end Iran\u2019s crises is the regime\u2019s downfall.\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-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>Protests continue across Iran in recent days as people are grappling with water shortages, power outages, and economic pressures. 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