{"id":255452,"date":"2022-02-09T10:27:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=255452"},"modified":"2023-01-30T03:46:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T02:46:59","slug":"who-will-pay-the-ultimate-price-for-the-ever-rising-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/who-will-pay-the-ultimate-price-for-the-ever-rising-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Pay the Ultimate Price for the Ever-rising Prices?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On February 4, a heart-wrenching video circulated on Iran\u2019s social media, showing a young<\/a> mother begging for two eggs to feed her children, promising to pay for them later. More Iranians are pushed into the swamp of poverty and cannot afford a decent living due to the rising costs.<\/p>\n

The prices of essential consumer goods are skyrocketing daily. According to Iran\u2019s state media, many food items, such as bread, rice, fish, etc., rose by 142%. Lentils rank first with a 261% increase. Chickpeas with 218% and sodas with 201% rank second and third. Most workers only eat bread and soft drinks for lunch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wholesale price of potatoes<\/a> is 20,000 to 150,000 rials a kilo, while at fruit shops, it reaches at least 200,000 rials a kilo. This is beyond the purchasing power of many consumers. The price of potato has risen by 106% since last month,\u201d the state-run Mardom Salari daily wrote on February 5.<\/p>\n

The paper added that \u201cprices increase with lightning speed, and people only watch them with despair. People dream about eating Red meat and poultry. The price of rice is also increasing, and potato has turned to gold!\u201d<\/p>\n

Many food items are imported using the currency at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials for a dollar. But some of the foodstuffs such as Iranian rice, fish, potato, and lentil are domestic products, so their prices are on the rise.<\/p>\n

The fingerprint of the state-affiliated mafia could explain this matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two variables of currency and shares of countless state-owned companies, along with the element of monopoly, have allowed the authorities in Iran to influence the economy regardless of the fundamental equations of the market. The result is embezzlement, hoarding, and the emergence of a mafia that has seized all areas of the economy,\u201d the state-run Eghtesad-e Pouya daily wrote on February 8.<\/p>\n

The so-called state-owned companies, and mafia, refer to the Revolutionary Guards<\/a> (IRGC) and its front companies.<\/p>\n

This paper acknowledges that Iran suffers from a \u201cMafia Consortium\u201d that \u201choards the consumer goods and sells them at any price it wants.\u201d<\/p>\n

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