{"id":302761,"date":"2023-03-01T00:06:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T23:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=302761"},"modified":"2023-03-01T00:35:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T23:35:57","slug":"irans-economic-freefall-and-prospects-of-a-social-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-economic-freefall-and-prospects-of-a-social-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Economic Freefall and Prospects of a Social Turmoil\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-240361 size-full\" title=\"Irandollareconomy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Irandollareconomy.jpg\" alt=\"Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government reaches its final days. despite officials' bogus claims, Iran\u2019s economic situation continues to deteriorate.\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Irandollareconomy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Irandollareconomy-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Irandollareconomy-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Irandollareconomy-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Irandollareconomy-696x400.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran&#8217;s rial is rapidly losing value, with the dollar rate reaching <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bonbast.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">570,000 rials on Monday<\/a>, an 8% drop in less than a week. This indicates an impending economic crisis and the potential for social unrest in Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is worth noting that on Sunday, the rial broke a record high of 600,000 thresholds.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The devaluation of the Iranian rial has had a range of negative effects on Iran&#8217;s economy and people. It has led to high inflation, making basic goods and services more expensive and reducing purchasing power, as well as an increase in unemployment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fearing the consequences of the financial calamity, the regime&#8217;s parliament met behind closed doors. The meeting was attended by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/who-is-mohammad-bagher-ghalibaf-the-new-speaker-of-irans-parliament\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf<\/a>, the parliament&#8217;s speaker; Mohammad Mokhber, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/who-is-who\/meet-iran-regimes-new-administration\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s Vice<\/a> President; Ehsan Khandoozi, the Minister of Economy, and Mohammad Reza Farzin, the Central Bank&#8217;s Chief.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The meeting lasted only an hour, and Ghalibaf told reporters, &#8220;We have reached the perfect solution to organize the market. We need powerful and serious coordination between the government and Majlis [parliament].&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The bogus claim of finding a solution for the current financial crisis only increased the regime&#8217;s infighting, with officials and state media deriding<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/880204\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ghalibaf&#8217;s remarks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;If, with a one-hour meeting, you could have organized the market, why did it take you so long to hold this meeting? Does the economic team understand the effects of half a million rial for a dollar on people&#8217;s lives?&#8221; asked the former Central Bank Chief, Abdolnasser Hemmati, on his Twitter account.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&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=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u06a9\u0631\u062f\u0646\u062f\u061b<br \/>\u0627\u0645\u0631\u0648\u0632 \u0645\u062c\u0644\u0633 \u0648 \u062f\u0648\u0644\u062a \u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0633\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0647\u06cc \u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0631\u0632 \u0628\u0647 \u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0628\u0646\u062f\u06cc \u0631\u0633\u06cc\u062f\u0646\u062f \u0648 \u0628\u0647 \u0632\u0648\u062f\u06cc \u062f\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0631\u0632 \u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f \u062d\u0644 \u0645\u0634\u06a9\u0644 \u0648 \u062b\u0628\u0627\u062a \u062e\u0648\u0627\u0647\u06cc\u0645 \u0628\u0648\u062f.<br \/>\u0627\u06af\u0631 \u0628\u0627 \u062c\u0644\u0633\u0647 \u06cc\u06a9 \u0633\u0627\u0639\u062a\u0647 \u0645\u06cc\u0634\u062f \u0628\u0631\u0627\u06cc \u0633\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0647\u06cc \u0627\u0631\u0632 \u062c\u0645\u0639 \u0628\u0646\u062f\u06cc \u06a9\u0631\u062f\u060c\u062a\u0627 \u0628\u0647 \u062d\u0627\u0644 \u0686\u0647 \u0645\u06cc\u06a9\u0631\u062f\u06cc\u062f\u061f<br \/>\u062a\u06cc\u0645 \u0627\u0642\u062a\u0635\u0627\u062f\u06cc \u062a\u0623\u062b\u06cc\u0631 \u062f\u0644\u0627\u0631\u06f5\u06f6 \u0647\u0632\u0627\u0631 \u062a\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u0628\u0631 \u0632\u0646\u062f\u06af\u06cc \u0648 <br \/>\u0633\u0641\u0631\u0647 \u0645\u0631\u062f\u0645 \u0631\u0627 \u062f\u0631\u06a9 \u0645\u06cc\u06a9\u0646\u062f\u061f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abdolnaser Hemmati \u0639\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0635\u0631 \u0647\u0645\u062a\u06cc (@Hemmati_ir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hemmati_ir\/status\/1629431515099570176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2023<\/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\">&#8220;There are many who disrupt the market. Some of them have been arrested and acknowledged their plans to create such disruptions in the currency market,&#8221; Ehsan <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.farsnews.ir\/news\/14011206000286\" rel=\"noopener\">Khandoozi claimed<\/a> in their meeting on Sunday. The blame game, mainly on economic crises, on external factors, is a worn-out method of Tehran&#8217;s establishment. In this scenario, security forces raid some houses, arrest some individuals, and, like some years ago, execute some arrestees under the pretext of &#8220;disrupting the market.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis currency rate is not real, and we all know that there is devilry behind it,\u201d said MP Mohammad Taghi Naghdali on February 23.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On February 21, Iran&#8217;s state media reported that Farzin <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-rial-plunges-more-revealing-a-collapsed-economy-and-a-bankrupted-regime\/\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the creation<\/a> of the \u201cCenter of Gold and Currency Exchange\u201d to find the real rate of currencies. He emphasized that the government continues to allocate the &#8220;Nimaee&#8221; currency to certain importers at a rate of 280,000 rials.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By creating a special center and implementing two different exchange rates, the government is basically handing out discounted prices to its own cronies. In other words, they are robbing Peter to pay Paul! Tehran can plunder Iranians by manipulating currency rates, importing goods at low prices, and selling them at higher rates to fund its oppressive regime and suppress protests.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Due to a severe budget deficit of at least 5,000 trillion rials, the regime is hiking the dollar price to generate revenue. The Central Bank earned over 1,100 trillion rials in revenue by increasing the dollar price and selling it in the market during the 40 days leading up to the end of March.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran: The Government&amp;#039;s Budget Planners Are Turning the Crisis into a Social Explosion\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_bgkuJrYyoPs\" 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%2FbgkuJrYyoPs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bgkuJrYyoPs\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT46S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-01-01T19:21:13Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_bgkuJrYyoPs\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FbgkuJrYyoPs%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Iran: The Government&#039;s Budget Planners Are Turning the Crisis into a Social Explosion<\/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\/bgkuJrYyoPs\" 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%2FbgkuJrYyoPs%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Iran: The Government&amp;#039;s Budget Planners Are Turning the Crisis into a Social Explosion\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"On Dec 30, the state-run Jomhuri-e Eslami acknowledged the regime&#039;s 2022-2023 budget will create social explosion. &quot;Many economists believe this budget is like a dagger in the heart of Iran&#039;s economy and people,\u201d read the article. \u201cLet&#039;s not forget these people are crushed under pressure and have lost their patience,&quot; Jomhuri-e Eslami wrote. Jomhuri-e Eslami also warned that budget planners of Ebrahim Raisi government are &quot;turning the current crisis into a social explosion.&quot; Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tehran and its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-economic-crisis-sanctions-or-the-regime-which-one-to-blame\/\" rel=\"noopener\">apologists blame sanctions<\/a> for Iran&#8217;s economic crisis while ignoring domestic mismanagement and corruption. The regime&#8217;s focus on external factors deflects accountability.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But this plan could seriously backfire, and the clerical regime is shooting itself in the leg. With this new method of plundering, Tehran might earn some extra cash, but it adds to society\u2019s explosiveness amid a nationwide uprising.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cPlaying with currency, gold, and coins, and most importantly, putting their hands in people&#8217;s pockets by manipulating the stock and capital markets, ultimately leads to an unfavorable outcome,\u201d wrote the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on February 25.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;If social issues caused political turmoil last year, this time it is the economic situation that will make politics tumultuous,\u201d warned the state-run Sharq daily on February 25.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Iran&rsquo;s rial is rapidly losing value, with the dollar rate reaching 570,000 rials on Monday, an 8% drop in less than a week. 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