{"id":338660,"date":"2025-10-28T19:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338660"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:42:18","slug":"from-parliament-to-the-marketplace-crisis-layers-converge-across-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/from-parliament-to-the-marketplace-crisis-layers-converge-across-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"From Parliament to the Marketplace, Crisis Layers Converge Across Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_328797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-328797\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-parliament-majlis-infighting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-parliament-majlis-infighting.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-parliament-majlis-infighting-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-parliament-majlis-infighting-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-parliament-majlis-infighting-739x420.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-parliament-majlis-infighting-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iran-parliament-majlis-infighting-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-328797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO: The usual political theatrics in Iran\u2019s parliament (Majlis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"1021\">On October 26, 2025, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hamidreza Haji-Babai, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iribnews.ir\/fa\/news\/5608370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delivered one of the clearest<\/a> public acknowledgements yet of the depth of internal fragmentation at the top of the clerical regime. He warned that political camps had \u201cstarted a war inside the country\u201d and were \u201cnot even ashamed of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"1021\">\u201cWhat kind of situation have we created?\u201d Haji-Babai said on state television. \u201cEveryone comes and throws their hatred, their quarrels, their broken spear, their broken sword \u2014 all of it \u2014 at the system. This is all weakening the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1296\">He pleaded multiple times: \u201cWe truly ask, we ask our politicians: do not use reckless language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1759\">Haji-Babai described a leadership unable to coordinate even basic diplomatic steps. He asked bluntly &#8220;whether Iran is supposed to fight America or fight these few people\u201d \u2014 a reference to rival factions. His remarks underline a power structure no longer holding internal discipline, even under direct appeals to unity by the regime&#8217;s Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime MPs Threaten Foreign Minister Araghchi Amid Nuclear Infighting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kpDzSrWbsW\">https:\/\/t.co\/kpDzSrWbsW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1966910701676752969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 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;\" data-start=\"1766\" data-end=\"1816\">Food Prices, Malnutrition, and Shrinking Diets<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1818\" data-end=\"1985\">While the leadership argues over loyalty and messaging, state-linked economic monitors now describe a deteriorating public health situation tied to rising hunger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1987\" data-end=\"2284\">On October 27, the state-affiliated outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/eghtesaad24.ir\/fa\/amp\/news\/334750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2064\">Eghtesad 24<\/em> reported<\/a> that 120,000 Iranians die each year from nutrition-related causes \u2014 roughly one out of every three deaths. The report tied the mortality rate to reduced access to protein, dairy, fruits, and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2286\" data-end=\"2513\">A state-affiliated food economy analyst, <em data-start=\"2332\" data-end=\"2351\">Amir-Hesam Eshaqi<\/em>, cited World Bank data showing food inflation in Iran reached 42.3% year-on-year from April 2024 to April 2025. He warned that the rise is reshaping society: \u201cThe shrinking table today can become a social crisis and an erosion of social capital tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2616\" data-end=\"2788\">Inflation is not only pushing households below nutritional baselines; it is altering the country\u2019s long-term health profile in ways that are extremely difficult to reverse.<\/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 Power Structure Buckles Under Political, Economic, and Nuclear Pressure<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/abvkCn5vAj\">https:\/\/t.co\/abvkCn5vAj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1965397294435762556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 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;\" data-start=\"2795\" data-end=\"2838\">Agricultural Supply Chains on the Brink<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2840\" data-end=\"3079\">The pressures are visible across Iran\u2019s agricultural sector. On November 27, Naser Nabipour, head of the Egg-Laying Poultry Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/vista.ir\/n\/didbaniran\/vleam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated that feed shortages<\/a> and soaring costs could halt egg production nationwide: \u201cIf the inputs do not arrive, we will send the hens for slaughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3152\" data-end=\"3568\">He reported that production costs have risen 62% compared to the previous year. Soy meal that was 1,900 tomans is now selling for 40,000 tomans on the open market; corn priced at 11,300 tomans is trading at nearly double. At the same time, government-managed \u201cpreferential currency\u201d allocations for staple imports have been withdrawn quietly \u2014 a change that has directly translated into price spikes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3570\" data-end=\"3787\">In the meat market, the state-linked outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eghtesadonline.com\/fa\/news\/2095873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"3619\" data-end=\"3627\">Eqtesad Online<\/em> reported<\/a> that beef prices have risen by more than 500,000 tomans per kilo over six months \u2014 an unprecedented jump in the country\u2019s recorded retail history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3789\" data-end=\"3846\">Food insecurity is no longer a risk. It is present tense.<\/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 Power Struggle Escalates as State Media Admits Setbacks, Snapback Tightens, and the Street Simmers<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxHEeUIuiK\">https:\/\/t.co\/sxHEeUIuiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1977421264244687306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 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;\" data-start=\"3853\" data-end=\"3900\">Safety Risks and Urban Infrastructure Decay<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3902\" data-end=\"4328\">Another sign of structural stress surfaced on October 27. The Deputy Chief of Tehran\u2019s Fire Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mashreghnews.ir\/news\/1759706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authority warned that 11 buildings<\/a> in the heart of the Tehran Grand Bazaar are now classified as \u201ccritical risk.\u201d The Bazaar \u2014 historically the economic engine of the capital \u2014 contains hundreds of unsafe structures where fire-control and zoning plans remain unresolved despite years of notice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3902\" data-end=\"4328\">\u201cThere is still no effective action,\u201d the official said. \u201cThe risk remains systemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4423\" data-end=\"4602\">The warning echoes the same pattern seen in banking oversight, food supply, environmental management, and diplomacy: the system acknowledges the danger but cannot mobilize action. Earlier internal surveys by the same authority have identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-expanding-urban-decay-millions-trapped-in-unsafe-housing-amid-regimes-failed-policies\/\">thousands of unsafe buildings<\/a> across Tehran, but the bulk of these cases have remained unaddressed or tied up in administrative stalemate.<\/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 Power Struggle: A Fractured Regime Hiding Behind Bold Rhetoric<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SzNeQLYdh4\">https:\/\/t.co\/SzNeQLYdh4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1978820649062735975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 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;\" data-start=\"4609\" data-end=\"4646\">The Student Flight Becomes a Wave<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4648\" data-end=\"4921\">The country\u2019s universities are also experiencing a parallel loss of capacity. On October 26, the secretary of Iran\u2019s national academic unions <a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/917192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated that 200,000 Iranian<\/a> university students have migrated, most of them from the country\u2019s top universities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4923\" data-end=\"5026\">He noted that the official figure for 2000\u20132020 was 66,000, but the real number is now much higher: \u201cEach of these students could be the center of a transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5097\" data-end=\"5240\">The trend indicates long-term damage to Iran\u2019s research institutions, medical system, engineering sectors, and future economic competitiveness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From FATF to Bank Meltdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Power Factions Clash on Every Front<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FgEBKUNGBg\">https:\/\/t.co\/FgEBKUNGBg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1982904214557995094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 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;\" data-start=\"5247\" data-end=\"5280\">A System Under Its Own Weight<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"617\">Haji Babai\u2019s televised plea was presented as a matter of message discipline. But all indicators point to something more fundamental: a state apparatus struggling to govern its own internal actors while basic systems of economic provision, public safety, and human capital retention erode from below. What is unfolding is not a series of isolated crises, but the loss of the regime\u2019s traditional mechanisms for managing pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"1104\">Over the past several months, the clerical regime has absorbed strategic setbacks across the region: losing ground in Syria, constrained influence in Lebanon, and growing exposure of its proxy networks to targeted sanctions and more international isolation. The result is a steady contraction of external leverage \u2014 the very scenario that the Supreme Leader once warned against when he said that <em data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1104\">if Iran does not fight abroad, it will be forced to fight inside its own cities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1635\">That inflection point has now arrived. With fewer external outlets for projecting power or exporting instability, the pressures that were once displaced outward have turned inward. The system now faces simultaneous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political infighting<\/a> at the top and a deprived, outraged and restive society at the base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read On October 26, 2025, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hamidreza Haji-Babai, delivered one of the clearest public acknowledgements yet of the depth of internal fragmentation at the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":328797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,5450],"tags":[269,5415,5482],"class_list":{"0":"post-338660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"category-economy","9":"category-iranian-regime-infighting","10":"tag-iran-economy","11":"tag-iran-society","12":"tag-iranian-regime-infighting"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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