{"id":335728,"date":"2025-08-18T19:40:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335728"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:49:16","slug":"iran-news-regime-economist-admits-to-collapse-the-peoples-table-is-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iran-news-regime-economist-admits-to-collapse-the-peoples-table-is-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Regime Economist Admits Collapse, Says \u2018The People\u2019s Table Is Empty\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_335729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335729\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-335729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Even-insiders-acknowledge-that-poverty-hunger-and-corruption-under-Khameneis-rule-have-reached-explosive-levels-threatening-social-stability.jpg\" alt=\"Even insiders acknowledge that poverty, hunger, and corruption under Khamenei\u2019s rule have reached explosive levels, threatening social stability\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Even-insiders-acknowledge-that-poverty-hunger-and-corruption-under-Khameneis-rule-have-reached-explosive-levels-threatening-social-stability.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Even-insiders-acknowledge-that-poverty-hunger-and-corruption-under-Khameneis-rule-have-reached-explosive-levels-threatening-social-stability-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Even-insiders-acknowledge-that-poverty-hunger-and-corruption-under-Khameneis-rule-have-reached-explosive-levels-threatening-social-stability-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Even-insiders-acknowledge-that-poverty-hunger-and-corruption-under-Khameneis-rule-have-reached-explosive-levels-threatening-social-stability-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Even-insiders-acknowledge-that-poverty-hunger-and-corruption-under-Khameneis-rule-have-reached-explosive-levels-threatening-social-stability-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Even-insiders-acknowledge-that-poverty-hunger-and-corruption-under-Khameneis-rule-have-reached-explosive-levels-threatening-social-stability-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iran\u2019s redenomination plan illustrated: the Iranian banknote loses four zeros as part of the clerical dictatorship\u2019s attempt to mask inflation and simplify transactions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/shoaresal.ir\/fa\/news\/398487\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">striking interview published<\/a> on the regime-affiliated news site <em>Shoaresal<\/em> on August 13, economist Farshad Momeni acknowledged that <em>\u201cthe people\u2019s table is empty\u201d<\/em> and that food prices have risen by 82 percent. While millions struggle with hunger, he admitted, the ruling elite is \u201cbusy playing with the zeros of currency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This confession from within the Iranian regime\u2019s intellectual establishment is more than an economic analysis\u2014it is an acknowledgment that poverty and malnutrition have reached catastrophic levels, endangering \u201cthe material survival of a large part of the people.\u201d Yet, as Momeni noted, the regime continues to pursue policies that fuel inflation and deepen poverty.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Food Security to National Security Threat<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momeni warned that the food crisis is not merely an economic challenge but a national security threat, stressing that neglect of basic needs creates fertile ground for mass protests. He pointed to the destructive consequences of structural adjustment policies, unchecked privileges for mafia networks, and rampant rentierism, which he said are pushing the country <em>\u201cto the path of internal collapse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His words, though couched in cautious language, expose a deeper truth: the clerical regime is not only<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/protests-erupt-in-iran-as-regimes-incompetence-sparks-widespread-blackouts-and-water-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> incapable of solving Iran\u2019s crises<\/a>\u2014it is the primary cause of their escalation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Devaluation of Iran\u2019s Rial Has Accelerated <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F1uQwxi3LY\">https:\/\/t.co\/F1uQwxi3LY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OSEGqSbmPG\">pic.twitter.com\/OSEGqSbmPG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Iran Focus (@Iran_Focus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iran_Focus\/status\/1889001606844428467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shocking Numbers: Hunger, Poverty, and Deprivation<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statistics Momeni cited paint a devastating picture:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Iran\u2019s poor population grew from 10 million in 2011 to more than 25 million by 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Three-quarters of the population now lives in deprivation.<\/li>\n<li>Between 2018 and 2023, families\u2019 ability to afford basic education for their children dropped by 80 percent.<\/li>\n<li>Protein and dairy consumption have plummeted to dangerously low levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These figures, he admitted, do not even reflect the full reality, since many official reports have been classified as \u201cconfidential.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regime Priorities: Currency Manipulation and Import Mafias<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Iranian society suffers from <a href=\"https:\/\/tradingeconomics.com\/iran\/food-inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food inflation<\/a> exceeding 80 percent, Momeni revealed that the regime is planning a three-fold increase in the exchange rate for basic goods, a move that would devastate household budgets even further. He highlighted the collapse of domestic production and exports, which have fallen to \u201cone-fifth of the worst period of the Iran-Iraq war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These revelations expose a regime that serves the interests of rentier elites, import mafias, and unproductive power networks, while ignoring the most basic needs of the people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Economic Instability: A Chronological Perspective<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MTqcCUM9k6\">https:\/\/t.co\/MTqcCUM9k6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1897923926048522699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2025<\/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;\">Drawing lessons from past uprisings in the 1990s and 2011, Momeni warned that structural poverty historically leads to instability and unrest, noting that the intervals between Iranian protests have grown shorter and shorter. His statements, in effect, serve as a warning to the regime: continuing down this path risks triggering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/iranian-officials-and-analysts-sound-alarm-over-imminent-social-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nationwide social explosion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But his proposed \u201csolutions\u201d\u2014calls for reform and reliance on \u201cthe worthy\u201d\u2014reveal the limits of regime insiders. After 45 years of plunder and repression, experience has proven that this system is irreformable.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Structural Corruption as a Tool of Governance<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The current crisis is not accidental. It is the direct result of deliberate policies designed to transfer wealth from the majority to a small minority connected to the centers of power. This is the essence of structural corruption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even Momeni\u2019s reference to the \u201cdissolution of the Natural Resources Organization\u201d as a \u201cfood security alarm\u201d is, in reality, an admission that the regime is systematically <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/article\/khameneis-empire-of-poverty-how-corruption-and-repression-feed-off-irans-economic-misery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destroying Iran\u2019s economic<\/a> and environmental foundations to benefit ruling factions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Economic Collapse and Social Unrest Looming in 2025<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zN1eMj0Spm\">https:\/\/t.co\/zN1eMj0Spm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1902058972779356298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/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;\">Poverty and the shrinking of the people\u2019s tables are not unintended consequences of mismanagement. They are tools of governance\u2014used to weaken society, suppress bargaining power, and consolidate the regime\u2019s parasitic networks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farshad Momeni\u2019s reluctant admissions\u2014though wrapped in conservative language\u2014underscore a fundamental truth: the <a href=\"https:\/\/irannewsupdate.com\/news\/society\/hunger-and-hardship-irans-deepening-livelihood-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crisis of livelihood and hunger<\/a> under Khamenei\u2019s dictatorship is not temporary. It is the inevitable product of a system rooted in corruption, rent-seeking, and the plunder of national wealth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What regime insiders describe as \u201cwarnings\u201d are, in fact, confirmations of what the Iranian Resistance has long maintained: the clerical regime is incapable of reform. Its policies are designed to preserve power at the expense of society\u2019s very survival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read In a striking interview published on the regime-affiliated news site Shoaresal on August 13, economist Farshad Momeni acknowledged that &ldquo;the people&rsquo;s table is empty&rdquo; and that food prices [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":335729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[269],"class_list":{"0":"post-335728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-iran-economy"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News: Regime Economist Admits Collapse, Says \u2018The People\u2019s Table Is 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