{"id":317708,"date":"2024-03-27T17:33:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T16:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=317708"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:54:45","slug":"nowruz-gloom-raisis-claims-amid-irans-economic-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/nowruz-gloom-raisis-claims-amid-irans-economic-despair\/","title":{"rendered":"Nowruz Gloom: Raisi’s Claims Amid Iran’s Economic Despair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Persian New Year \u201cNowruz\u201d began on March 20. While Nowruz should promise the beginning of a new day or era, coupled with joy, jubilation, and sweets, it was the beginning of another bitter year for millions of Iranians who grapple with poverty<\/a>.\u00a0 While the blade of the country\u2019s economic crunch cuts Iranians deep, the annual speech of the regime\u2019s president, Ebrahim Raisi, was like rubbing salt in a wound.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outcome of the events in the past year brought about further growth and prosperity for beloved Iran across all sectors,\u201d Raisi said on March 21<\/a>. \u201cThe Supreme Leader designated the previous year as the year of boosting production and curbing inflation, directing all governmental endeavors towards achieving this objective. According to estimates from the Statistics Center, the overall economic growth for the preceding year is expected to be no less than 6%. This marks the third consecutive year in which the country has witnessed growth surpassing 4%.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bereft of any meaningful solution for Iran\u2019s financial calamity, the regime\u2019s illiterate president is only an expert in making bogus claims and giving hollow promises. He made headlines<\/a> and ridiculed himself among his peers and state-run media by giving bodacious yet silly orders to eradicate poverty in two weeks or demanding that prices of consumer goods stop soaring.<\/p>\n

Yet, Raisi\u2019s litany starkly contrasts the bitter and harsh reality of people\u2019s situation amid Iran\u2019s economic crisis.<\/p>\n

The state-run Sharq Daily acknowledged<\/a> in April 2023 that Iran suffers from a\u00a0 50% inflation rate and the misery index hovers around 40%. On March 6, 2024, the same outlet acknowledged that \u201cIran ranks 19 among 157 countries in terms of having the highest misery index in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe poverty line hovers around 150 million rials,\u201d wrote the state-run Mardom Salary daily on April 6, 2023. Less than a year later, on March 15, the state-run ILNA News Agency wrote, \u201cIf we calculate properly and consider the real share of housing and education costs, the real living basket is around 300 million rials.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we reach the end of the year, the prices of consumer goods seem to never stop soaring. People question the roots of this incessant price hikes of domestic products,\u201d wrote the state-run Jahan-e Sanat daily on March 18. \u201cThe answer is clear: inflation, currency fluctuations, and production problems cause these high prices. This has prevented people from really celebrating the Nowruz.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Watch and judge how #Iran<\/a>'s economy is run by the regime pic.twitter.com\/k2QtOj9KqS<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) December 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n