{"id":332778,"date":"2025-06-09T21:55:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332778"},"modified":"2025-06-09T21:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:55:33","slug":"officials-fear-uprisings-as-the-economic-collapse-push-iran-on-the-brink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/officials-fear-uprisings-as-the-economic-collapse-push-iran-on-the-brink\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Fear Uprisings as the Economic Collapse Push Iran on the Brink"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nightly skirmishes between protesters and security forces on a street in Iran, December 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Iran is teetering on the edge of a humanitarian and economic catastrophe, with its people crushed under skyrocketing inflation, a disappearing middle class, and a regime that prioritizes luxury imports over basic necessities. Voices from within the regime\u2019s own parliament are sounding alarms<\/a>, warning of dwindling public patience and the looming threat of uprisings as livelihoods collapse under systemic mismanagement and neglect.<\/p>\n

A Starving Nation: Soaring Costs of Basic Goods<\/h2>\n

The cost of survival in Iran has become unbearable for millions. According to a June 5, 2025, report from the regime\u2019s Statistics Center, the inflation rate for food items in urban areas has reached a staggering 284.4%<\/a>, rendering essentials like lemons (245% inflation), pomegranates, apples, and oranges (over 200% inflation) luxury items far beyond the reach of low-income and working-class families. As the state-run outlet Khabar Online reported, staples like sugar, cube sugar, and vegetable oil, with inflation rates between 150% and 180%, are further strangling household budgets, threatening the food security of the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n

The construction sector, critical for housing, is equally paralyzed. Cement prices<\/a> have surged to 500,000 tomans per bag, with some small-scale construction bags reaching 1 million tomans. Concrete prices have jumped from 1.9 million to 2.9 million tomans per cubic meter, forcing contractors to abandon projects. A member of the Damavand Cement Factory Council bluntly stated<\/a>, \u201cThe government itself is the main culprit,\u201d while a Qom Workers\u2019 House representative noted a 70% price hike in cement blocks, underscoring the regime\u2019s failure to stabilize vital industries.<\/p>\n

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#Iranian<\/a> Officials Warn of \u201cLibya Scenario\u201d Amid Deepening Fear of Uprising and Escalating Crackdownshttps:\/\/t.co\/vLWWYwIlap<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) June 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n