{"id":329918,"date":"2025-03-29T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329918"},"modified":"2025-03-29T14:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T13:47:36","slug":"iranian-officials-and-analysts-sound-alarm-over-imminent-social-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iranian-officials-and-analysts-sound-alarm-over-imminent-social-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Officials and Analysts Sound Alarm Over Imminent Social Explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aftermath of bonfires and barricades in the streets of Iran during the 2022 uprising \u2014 December 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As Iran faces intensifying economic and social crises, regime officials and insiders<\/a> are increasingly sounding the alarm about the potential for a nationwide uprising. Mounting frustrations over dire economic conditions, widespread poverty, and systemic corruption have prompted fears of a social explosion, with warnings now coming from within the clerical regime itself.<\/p>\n

During a recent interview<\/a>, Mohammad Mannan Raisi, a member of Iran\u2019s Parliament, openly expressed his concerns about the volatile situation. Highlighting the regime\u2019s inability to address the economic crisis, Raeisi warned, \u201cIf the government doesn\u2019t act quickly to correct its economic policies, the streets could become chaotic. I hope it doesn\u2019t happen, but I advise the people not to go down this path. What\u2019s the point of setting fires and pouring into the streets? It has happened ten times in the past fifty years\u20141988, 2009, 2022\u2014and the result is the same. They rebuild the same banks, the same offices, the same buildings, using taxes they take from us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raisi\u2019s remarks echo broader concerns expressed by other regime insiders. On March 24, former head of the Budget and Planning Organization, Masoud Rougni Zanjani, admitted<\/a> the deepening rift between the state and society, acknowledging that the public no longer accepts the regime\u2019s legitimacy. \u201cIn the past, people would somewhat accept the authority of the government. Now, they don\u2019t. They think all of their suffering and pressure comes from the state itself,\u201d Zanjani said.<\/p>\n

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Watch and judge why this insider is warning that the regime is destined for a collapse or #IranRevolution<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Ysu6LbOhnz<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n