{"id":263853,"date":"2022-09-15T23:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=263853"},"modified":"2023-02-06T21:03:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T20:03:07","slug":"iran-state-media-and-officials-describe-society-as-an-explosive-brew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-state-media-and-officials-describe-society-as-an-explosive-brew\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran State Media and Officials Describe Society as An \u201cExplosive Brew\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy.jpg\" alt=\"iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"639\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran, under the ruling theocracy, is characterized by a stagnant economy, pervasive corruption, and political repression. While every now and then, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/\" rel=\"noopener\">major protests erupt<\/a> across the country due to the country&#8217;s economic crunch and social crises, Iran&#8217;s state media continue warning about a nationwide uprising.<\/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 state media acknowledge parts of Iran\u2019s current crises, such as the massive brain drain, extreme poverty, and rising social harms like suicides.<\/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\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"hamdeli-daily-iran-Sep2022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hamdeli-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg\" alt=\"hamdeli-daily-iran-Sep2022\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hamdeli-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/hamdeli-daily-iran-Sep2022-150x78.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cA government that fails to keep and help its gifted citizens naturally faces a massive brain drain. The unemployment statistics are a testament to this fact. In recent years, particularly in the last decade, [the state] has failed to provide adequate jobs for university graduates with high levels of education. Working as taxi drivers, workers, and low-level office workers, makes a highly educated youth familiar with the harsh social and economic realities,\u201d wrote the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hamdelidaily.ir\/?post=39107\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">state-run Hamdeli daily<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on September 14.\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 Iranian experts immigrate from the country due to the unbearable conditions, students who could be part of Iran\u2019s future cannot continue their studies due to the generally poor economic situation.\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\">\u201cNowadays, people worry about the expensive upcoming school year. While many complain about the expensive stationery, many families face serious challenges to pay the enrolling and uniform fees, and buying books,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ebtekarnews.com\/?newsid=203266\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ebtekar daily wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on September 15.<\/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\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"resalat-daily-iran-Sep2022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263858 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/resalat-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg\" alt=\"resalat-daily-iran-Sep2022\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/resalat-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/resalat-daily-iran-Sep2022-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cAccording to the provinces&#8217; general directors of education and training, the trend of dropping out of school has been upward compared to the past,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/resalat-news.com\/?p=71555\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Resalat daily<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> acknowledged on September 15.\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\">Instead of helping people, the Iranian regime and its current president continue their speech therapy and make hollow promises while digging their hands deeper into people\u2019s pockets by imposing high taxes. <\/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\">\u201cTaxes are the government&#8217;s most important source of revenue. Although we have seen an increase in the share of taxes in the country&#8217;s annual budget over the past few years, Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s government has imposed and increased taxes on all classes. The government&#8217;s new tax policy is not only worrying for small businesses, but it can also be worrying for ordinary citizens,\u201d the state-run <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jahanesanat.ir\/%D9%81%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85\/290417\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jahan-e Sanat<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> daily wrote on September 12.\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\">On one hand, the regime increases taxes, and on the other hand, rejects raising people\u2019s salaries.\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\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"jahane-sanat-daily-iran-Sep2022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263859 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jahane-sanat-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg\" alt=\"jahane-sanat-daily-iran-Sep2022\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jahane-sanat-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jahane-sanat-daily-iran-Sep2022-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThe Planning and Budget Organization increased retirees\u2019 pension and workers\u2019 salaries by only 10%, claiming raising salaries more would create inflation! In other words, they tell people to \u2018starve.\u2019 This is how the government acts while prices of consumer goods have doubled, and people\u2019s purchasing power reduced to one-third,\u201d the state-run <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mardomsalari.ir\/newsletter\/223555\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mardom Salari daily<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> acknowledged on September 13.\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\">\u201cWith these excuses, officials only decreased people\u2019s purchasing power. Red meat consumption decreased to under 3 kg per capita a year. Besides, the prices of chicken, eggs, oil, and rice have tripled. Dairy products, vegetables, and fruits remain rotten in shops as people cannot afford them.\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\">\u201cThis is how a nation senses poverty and humiliation while it has 9% of the global wealth with only 0.5% of the world\u2019s population,\u201d Mardom Salari acknowledged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By increasing social and economic problems, officials only add fuel to the fire and strengthen the probability of another nationwide uprising.\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\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"armane-emrouz-daily-iran-Sep2022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263860 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/armane-emrouz-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg\" alt=\"armane-emrouz-daily-iran-Sep2022\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/armane-emrouz-daily-iran-Sep2022.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/armane-emrouz-daily-iran-Sep2022-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cWe are facing individuals who have nothing to lose, prompting them to do anything to meet their objectives<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bityl.co\/EOin\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u201d Arman-e Emrooz daily<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, September 14.\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\">\u201cI am making an official announcement\u2026 we have reached the end of the road, meaning we are completely cut off from the people and the people have lost all hope in us. We have reached the very end. We are forced to push through our measures by resorting to force,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/iran-regime-officials-voice-concerns-about-troubling-road-ahead\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Rasul Montajabnia<\/a>, a former top official, warned on September 12.\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\">\u201c[Raisi] has not fulfilled any of his promises\u2026 in fact, [Raisi]\u2019s measures have rendered a complete disappointment among the people regarding [regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini], the revolution, and the entire state. The truth is, the people are voicing their anger and expressing it in their actions. If you don\u2019t believe me, provide freedom to the people for just one day and see what they will do!\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran, under the ruling theocracy, is characterized by a stagnant economy, pervasive corruption, and political repression. 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