{"id":246553,"date":"2021-09-08T09:35:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T14:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=246553"},"modified":"2023-01-30T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T15:22:53","slug":"state-media-irans-economy-plagues-with-super-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/state-media-irans-economy-plagues-with-super-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"State Media: Iran\u2019s Economy Plagues With Super-Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"NCRI-Iran-Covid19-economy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NCRI-Iran-Covid19-economy.jpg\" alt=\"Due to the regime\u2019s inhumane covid-19 policy and corruption, people are suffering from both the economic and Covid-19 crises.\u00a0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NCRI-Iran-Covid19-economy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NCRI-Iran-Covid19-economy-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NCRI-Iran-Covid19-economy-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NCRI-Iran-Covid19-economy-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NCRI-Iran-Covid19-economy-696x321.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to Iran\u2019s state-run media, based on engineered statistics by the regime\u2019s financial institutions, Iran\u2019s economy is entangled by super-challenges. What has caused the current economic recession, sanctions, or the regime\u2019s corruption?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Since the [1979] revolution, the economic situation has never been this complicated, as it has been in the last decade,\u201d the state-run Donya-e Eghtesad wrote on September 5. The prices of basic needs of people continue to skyrocket. \u201cEach kilo of Iranian rice was sold for 46,500 tomans last month,\u201d wrote the state-run Setare Sobh daily in this regard on September 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cDue to the growth of unemployment and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-economic-crises-rising-poverty-and-inflation-rate\/\" rel=\"noopener\">inflation<\/a>, Iran is among the most miserable countries in the world,\u201d wrote the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on September 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cSuper-challenges plague Iran\u2019s economy, and if they are not fundamentally addressed as soon as possible and fundamental and structural reforms are not made in the structure of our economy, the situation will become more complicated. Then, it may not be easy to manage its social and political consequences,\u201d Jahan-e Sanat wrote, acknowledging that Iran\u2019s economic crises would have severe <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-worsening-economic-crisis-an-uprising-in-the-horizon\/\" rel=\"noopener\">consequences<\/a> for the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cAccording to data published by the Central Bank, Iran\u2019s national per capita income in 2020 was about 4 million and 820 thousand tomans, which is 35% lower than the national per capita income in 2011,\u201d the semi-official ILNA News Agency on September 7.\u202f\u202f&#8221;As far as we are concerned, some countries, such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, are also ahead of us. Urban and rural households spend on average about 25% lower on food than in 2011,\u201d ILNA adds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cOver the last ten years, the trend of gross fixed capital formation has been about 2.7% negative on average annually. In the last two years, the consumption of fixed capital has exceeded the gross of capital formation, which indicates the net decline of the real production capacity of the country for the coming years,\u201d Donya-e Eghtesad wrote on September 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cIn addition to all the unfavorable trends in the basic items of the country\u2019s macro-accounts, the infrastructure capacity and inventory of Iran\u2019s goods have also decreased in recent years. Thus, the stability and resilience of the country\u2019s economy in providing livelihood and meeting the basic needs of society have declined sharply,\u201d Donya-e Eghtesad adds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"How the mullahs destroyed Iran&amp;#039;s economy\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PbI6JJpaE7A\" 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%2FPbI6JJpaE7A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PbI6JJpaE7A\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-03-06T22:21:55Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_PbI6JJpaE7A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FPbI6JJpaE7A%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">How the mullahs destroyed Iran&#039;s economy<\/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\/PbI6JJpaE7A\" 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%2FPbI6JJpaE7A%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"How the mullahs destroyed Iran&amp;#039;s economy\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"40 years after Iran\u2019s 1979 revolution, the ruling mullahs have taken the country back to the Middle Ages. Iran has large natural resources and the potential to improve the lives of all Iranians. In addition, Iran owns 7% of mines of the world, the largest hydrocarbon sources (Oil and Gas) in the world, 9.3% of the world\u2019s oil and 18% of the world\u2019s gas, and Iran itself has more natural sources than the entire EU area. But Iran is ruled by a dictatorship that spends all its wealth in terrorism and suppression. The fact is that Iran is ruled by a corrupt government that has looted Iranian people\u2019s property to extend its rule. Iran under mullahs ranked 93rd in the world in health care, in welfare, Iranian people are ranked 108 out of 149 countries and the Iranian regime is on the top of the list of countries suffering from state-run money laundering and this is one of the reasons that the Iranian regime is ranked 138 in the world in corruption and also among top countries with high inflation rates Iranian workers\u2019 monthly salary is less than &#36;100 and Iran is the only country that uses all its renewable water resources and is being pushed toward an irreversible water crisis by the government. Moreover, Iran has some of the most dangerous roads in the world and is among the top countries in road fatalities. The mismanagement of Iran&#039;s economy has led to mass dissatisfaction and protests. The people of Iran believe they deserve better. In the past year, Iranian people have taken to the streets to reclaim their country and destiny.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian people are the ones suffering from the current economic crisis. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/glance-and-iran-state-media-worsening-covid-19-crisis\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Covid-19 outbreak<\/a> and the regime\u2019s inhumane policies have amplified people\u2019s livelihood problems. Among all sectors of society, the Iranian workers suffer the most.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cMore than two million contract workers are not included in government support programs and deprived of insurance. The Covid-19 outbreak has been their coup de grace,\u201d wrote the state-run Sharq daily on September 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cIt soon became clear that the impact of the pandemic on workers\u2019 lives would be greater. At the same time, in February 2020, many employers did not renew the workers\u2019 contracts or deprived them of the opportunity to continue working the following year. In the first quarter of 2021, more than 1.2 million workers lost their jobs,\u201d Sharq adds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe rate of subsistence basket has reached eleven million tomans, and workers live about 19 days of each month without any allowances and expenses. All the economic data show that the people\u2019s table is shrinking. Even rice and dairy products are disappearing from the weekly shopping cart of Iranians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the Covid-19 crisis deepens in Iran, more Iranians suffer from its economic <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-regime-increases-economic-crises-amid-covid-19\/\" rel=\"noopener\">consequences<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThe staggering costs of treating the disease and the astronomical rise in hospital bed prices and medicine have impoverished at least more than 3 million people in the past 19 months,\u201d wrote the Arman daily September 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cStatistics from the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare also show that before the coronavirus outbreak, Iranians paid 35% of their total medical expenses out of pocket, which is 18% in the world,\u201d Arman adds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cAn inflationary Tsunami has further pushed back the programs to control Covid-19 in the country. Amid the crisis, medicine and oxygen are scarce, and many patients die at home due to their inability to pay for medicine and treatment. The cost of hospitalizing patients in private and non-governmental hospitals has also skyrocketed,\u201d the state-run Arman daily adds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian regime\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi\/ebrahim-raisis-cabinet-an-unpopular-set-for-an-impossible-mission\/\" rel=\"noopener\">new government<\/a> has started working last week. Would Ebrahim Raisi and his administration resolve Iran\u2019s economic issues?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe experience of Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government has led the people to conclude that it is not a matter of changing individuals, it is a matter of changing the approach in the political structure. Unfortunately, the new government does not have the necessary social capital behind it. Despite the decline in the welfare of Iranians, there is no clear horizon for the living conditions of households,\u201d Jahan-e Sanat wrote in this regard on September 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Iranian people\u2019s boycott of the regime\u2019s sham <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/iran-former-official-confirms-khameneis-failure-in-consolidating-power-in-the-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">elections<\/a> in June was a clear sign of the mullahs\u2019 unpopularity or lack of social capital. Besides, it also revealed that Iranians do not believe the ruling theocracy could resolve their issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran&rsquo;s minimum wage policy is a dagger in workers&rsquo; backs\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_CMgX91M6I3s\" 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%2FCMgX91M6I3s%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMgX91M6I3s\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-04-03T06:58:04Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_CMgX91M6I3s\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FCMgX91M6I3s%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran\u2019s minimum wage policy is a dagger in workers\u2019 backs<\/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\/CMgX91M6I3s\" 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%2FCMgX91M6I3s%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran&rsquo;s minimum wage policy is a dagger in workers&rsquo; backs\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"April 2021\u2014On Sunday, March 14, Iranian regime labor minister Mohammad Shariatmadar declared that the minimum wage for workers for the coming Persian calendar year (starting on March 20) is 26.55 million rials (&#36;110), which in comparison to the current year, has increased by 39 percent. But can Iranian workers make a decent living from this salary? On April 20, 2020, the secretary of work relations in the Labor Ministry Esmaeil Zarifi Azad said, \u201cIn the past 40 years, the salaries of workers have increased by a factor of 900, while the price of gasoline has increased 3,000-fold, bread has become 3,000 times more expensive, the prices of vehicles has increased by a factor of 3,000, the price of housing 6,000, and the prices of coins 10,000.\u201d According to various sources, rampant inflation and skyrocketing prices have pushed the poverty line in Iran above 100 million rials per month, which means workers are at best earning barely a fourth of what they need to make a decent living. But how is the minimum wage declared in Iran? According to article 41 of Iran\u2019s labor law, the minimum salary of workers in different parts of the country and different industries must be adjusted based on the inflation rate declared by the Central Bank and must be enough to provide the needs of a family. But the regime cheats on its own law to put up a fa\u00e7ade of conformance with the standards of the International Labor Organization. For instance, the United Nations determines families as having four members, but the regime has reduced the size of families to 2-3 members to reduce minimum wages. The labor law also states that the minimum wage of workers must be determined by the \u201cSupreme Council of Labor.\u201d This council apparently has three sides: the representative of the government, employers, and workers. But in practice, this council serves the government\u2019s needs. What this proves is that the Labor Council is just a show. So who determines the minimum wage? Currently, a large part of Iran\u2019s economy is in the clutches of regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). An example is the IRGC\u2019s Khatam al-Anbiya Construction garrison, which according to its former commander \u201ccontrols 35 percent of gasoline, 20 percent of natural gas, 22 percent of diesel fuel, 32 percent of oil and gas pipelines, and 50 percent of the country\u2019s dams. Khatam employs about 5,000 advisory and construction contractors and has a 200,000-strong workforce. This shows that in reality, Khamenei\u2019s office and the IRGC play the principal role in determining the minimum wage of workers. For instance, in November 2015, about four months before the minimum wage for the 2016 was declared, Javan Online, a news website run by the IRGC, predicted that the minimum wage will be 8.3 million rials. Interestingly, the labor minister declared that exact figure later on. Now let\u2019s compare salaries in Iran with other countries Based on the current exchange rate, the monthly salary of Iranian workers is &#36;106. The minimum monthly salary is &#36;423 in Turkey, &#36;312 in the Republic of Azerbaijan, &#36;749 in Jordan, and &#36;526 in Turkmenistan. This means the salary of Iranian workers is less than a seventh of that of Jordanian workers. This brutal exploitation of the worker class has caused such an economic divide in Iran that on the one hand, employed workers can\u2019t even feed their families while the ruling elite are earning stellar income and don\u2019t know how to spend their money. This is why, according to the Mostaghel newspaper, \u201cIn Tehran, there are 14,000 people making their living from collecting garbage, 4,600 of whom are children. There are half-a-million labor children. If they don\u2019t work, their lives will be faced with very deep crises.\u201d On April 12, 2020, Arman Daily reported that 32 million of Iran\u2019s 85-million-strong population are living in city slums. \u201cIn Tehran, the population of city slums has increased to 11 million\u2026 The density of the impoverished and slum dwellers across the country is a social timebomb that can explode any time and cause social unrest.\u201d What are the prospects for the Iranian society? Given the inflation and skyrocketing prices caused by government corruption, in the next few months, the minimum wage will probably further drop to a fifth of the poverty line. At such a point, the entire society is in crisis mode. The first spark will turn the outrage of the people into an uncontainable explosion, and will turn the coming year into one of uprising, nationwide protests, and the overthrow of the mullahs\u2019 dictatorship. ------------------------------ Music: I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/ Source: http:\/\/chriszabriskie.com\/honor\/ Artist: http:\/\/chriszabriskie.com\/\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jahan-e Sanat explains that for several reasons, Raisi is unable to resolve Iran\u2019s economic crises:\u202f\u00a0\u201cThe inflation continues to rise, and there is no deterrent to stopping prices the growth rate of wages is not commensurate with the growth of rising prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cGetting out of this misery and creating public welfare is only possible through controlling inflation. But we must know that inflation is not the cause itself. Still, the cause of factors such as unemployment, lack of production, negative economic growth and high levels of spending as well as low levels of income,\u201d Jahan-e Sanat explains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWith zero production rate, we are subconsciously moving towards increasing liquidity, which in turn leads to skyrocketing prices and inflation. Over the past few years, the average annual liquidity growth has been 30%. This means that the country\u2019s financial cycle is not working properly,\u201d Jahan-e Sanat adds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime started rampant banknote printing to compensate for its budget deficit. Thus, Iran\u2019s liquidity rapidly increased, and since it was not per the national production growth, it resulted in inflation and skyrocketing prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yet, the regime\u2019s institutionalized <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-economic-crises-and-raisis-hollow-promises\/\" rel=\"noopener\">corruption<\/a> has created and is aggravating the economic crises. While workers and other sectors of Iran\u2019s society suffer from poverty, regime officials receive astronomical salaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cThe majority of astronomical salaries relate to companies affiliated with insurance and pension funds, which are considered state-owned. For example, three managers of the Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Free and Special Economic Zones receive more than 53 million Tomans. One of these managers, whose (gross) salary was 44 million Tomans in June, has received an extraordinary 7 million and 935 thousand Tomans in one month and another 22 million Tomans bonuses,\u201d ILNA News Agency acknowledged a minor case of corruption in the regime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">So how could anyone expect Raisi and his government could resolve Iran\u2019s economic issues. Raisi was the head of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-role-of-astan-e-quds-razavi-a-key-religious-foundation-in-iranian-regime-s-terrorism-extremist-policies-and-recruitment-of-western-spies\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Astan-e Quds Razavi<\/a>, a huge financial institution with billions of dollars of assets, and belongs to the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. This institution is used to fund terrorism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Besides, many of Raisi\u2019s ministers are known for their corruption cases. For example, Rostam Ghasemi, Raisi\u2019s Roads and Transportation Minister was involved in a major corruption case while serving as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s Oil Minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s economic crises are created and amplified by the regime. Thus, the regime officials would not have nor be willing to propose any solution to the current situation. This, in return, has increased society\u2019s restiveness with daily protests by people from all walks of life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><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\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Iran&rsquo;s state-run media, based on engineered statistics by the regime&rsquo;s financial institutions, Iran&rsquo;s economy is entangled by super-challenges. 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