{"id":340126,"date":"2025-12-04T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340126"},"modified":"2025-12-05T07:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:17:40","slug":"irans-regime-media-show-a-state-strained-by-crises-and-infighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-media-show-a-state-strained-by-crises-and-infighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Media Show a State Strained by Crises and Infighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-e1714232485409.jpg\" alt=\"iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-e1714232485409.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-e1714232485409-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-e1714232485409-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-e1714232485409-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-e1714232485409-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/iran-state-run-media-admit-to-regimes-inhumane-covid-19-policy-e1714232485409-735x420.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7372\" data-end=\"7696\"><strong><em>Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"627\">Iran\u2019s state and regime-aligned outlets on Thursday, December 4, 2025, offered a rare, concentrated view of a system under pressure on almost every front: territorial disputes in the Gulf, a collapsing currency, toxic air and disease, deepening poverty, and open brawling inside the ruling elite over who is responsible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"842\">Across all factional media, the same themes recurred: fear of social explosion, quiet acknowledgement of structural failure, and political actors trying to shift blame before it lands on them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"1301\">State-run outlets noted that the rial has plunged to an unprecedented level of about <a href=\"https:\/\/bonbast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">120,000 tomans per US dollar<\/a>, under renewed nuclear sanctions and stalled talks with Washington. The fall is already feeding through into food and fuel prices, adding to an inflation shock that MPs and experts say has destroyed purchasing power for large parts of the population.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"1301\">The state-run <a href=\"https:\/\/hammihanonline.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-23\/56753-%D8%B3%D9%82%D9%81-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%B4%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ham-Mihan, slammed<\/a> the new dowry law that cuts the criminally enforceable dowry ceiling from 110 to 14 gold coins, calling it proof of \u201cbaseless\u201d lawmaking and a tacit admission that society can no longer bear previous levels of financial obligation. In Shargh, Health Committee member Homayoun Sameh-Yah Najafabadi warned that scrapping preferential foreign exchange for medicines is now \u201cimpossible\u201d in the face of severe inflation, noting that the price of rice has jumped from about 70\u201380,000 tomans three years ago to roughly 400,000 tomans today while medical tariffs and doctors\u2019 fees have not remotely kept pace.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dry Skies, Dirty Air, And A Sliding Rial: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Crises Collide in Early Winter<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Du8KzRDcDn\">https:\/\/t.co\/Du8KzRDcDn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1995512514713678321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 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=\"3626\" data-end=\"3676\">Smog, Flu and a Country on Respiratory Alert<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3678\" data-end=\"4132\">Alongside economic distress, an environmental and health emergency dominated headlines. Officials said that in just 10 days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yjc.ir\/fa\/news\/9032252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 200,000 people<\/a> with respiratory or heart complaints have sought emergency care as air pollution spiked across the country, with Tehran, Mashhad, Khuzestan and Alborz among the worst hit. Schools have been closed for up to 12 consecutive days in around 20 provinces, and many state offices are on remote or reduced operation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4134\" data-end=\"4652\">According to Thursday\u2019s reports in state-affiliated outlets, Deputy Health Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/898184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alireza Raisi warned<\/a> that the overlap of dense smog and a new H3N2 influenza wave has made the current period \u201cespecially dangerous\u201d for children, the elderly and high-risk groups. He was quoted as saying that roughly 59,000 deaths a year nationwide \u2014 including about 8,800 to 9,000 in Tehran \u2014 are directly attributable to air pollution, and that when pollution spikes, \u201cthe transmission and spread of the current influenza strain is at least ten times higher,\u201d with most new cases recorded in the 5\u201314 age group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4654\" data-end=\"5174\">According to official monitoring, Tehran\u2019s average fine-particle (PM2.5) reading on December 4 was in the \u201cunhealthy for sensitive groups\u201d range, and the capital has had only about six \u201cclean air\u201d days since the start of the year, against more than 100 days classified as unhealthy for vulnerable groups, plus nearly 20 days unhealthy for all. In some cities, such as parts of Sistan-Baluchestan and Khuzestan, daily PM2.5 scores have approached 480\u2013500, levels that air-quality indices categorize as outright dangerous.<\/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 Winter of Smog and Shortages Deepens the Regime\u2019s Crisis<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fp8q5DEXbk\">https:\/\/t.co\/fp8q5DEXbk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1995079135925014667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 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=\"5181\" data-end=\"5225\">Water And the Caspian at Historic Lows<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5227\" data-end=\"5742\">Ecological stress is not limited to the air. Mohammadreza Kavianpour, head of the state Water Research Institute, said the Caspian Sea\u2019s level has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1404\/09\/13\/3463717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped by roughly 25 centimeters<\/a> in recent years and that \u201cthis year we will likely reach the lowest level in 500 years.\u201d He blamed climate-driven declines in rainfall across the Caspian basin and sharply higher evaporation, warning that the fall is part of a wider 20\u201325-year drought that has drained reservoirs, shrunk rivers and increased salinity in many regions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5744\" data-end=\"6008\">These pressures compound existing shortages: other officials and experts quoted in domestic media pointed to urban reservoirs near \u201ccritical\u201d levels and to wintertime water cuts that, along with power outages, are now a regular feature of life for many households.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Poverty Line Soars, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tehran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tehran<\/a> Water Supply Critical, and Unrest Spreads<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M1fSh3Jhzu\">https:\/\/t.co\/M1fSh3Jhzu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1990811522486989157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 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=\"6015\" data-end=\"6059\">Social Fabric and Political Infighting<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6061\" data-end=\"6507\">Several outlets focused on how these overlapping crises are shredding daily life and trust. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toseeirani.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC-13\/85567-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-start=\"6153\" data-end=\"6170\">Tose\u2019e-ye Irani<\/em> reported<\/a> that, despite a revised disability-rights law, more than 95% of people with disabilities live below the absolute-poverty line; a standard disability stipend of about 1.4 million tomans, plus basic subsidies, still leaves most with roughly 3 million tomans a month in cities where unofficial poverty thresholds reach 30 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6509\" data-end=\"7103\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharghdaily.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-100\/1071847-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B4-%D9%87%D8%A7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a <em data-start=\"6514\" data-end=\"6522\">Shargh<\/em> feature<\/a> on \u201cliving in a chain of tensions,\u201d a Tehran resident described how repeated water and electricity cuts, layered on top of inflation and smog, create \u201cpermanent anxiety\u201d and even disrupt basic routines. A psychologist interviewed by the paper said economic stress and constant crisis are eroding people\u2019s sense of worth and social trust, while sociologist Hossein Imani-Jajarmi warned that unresolved shortages of water and energy are making \u201ca life with dignity impossible\u201d for the middle and working classes, with dissatisfaction that \u201ccan turn into a political crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7105\" data-end=\"7572\">Meanwhile, factional media kept up their attacks on rivals rather than proposing solutions. Former minister Mostafa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sharghdaily.com\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-243\/1071846-%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hashemi-Taba, quoted in <em data-start=\"7245\" data-end=\"7253\">Shargh<\/em><\/a> and <em data-start=\"7258\" data-end=\"7266\">Tabnak<\/em>, accused Pezeshkian\u2019s government of \u201centertaining itself with a gasoline table\u201d and relying on a spokesman who \u201cwhitewashes\u201d fuel decisions. <em data-start=\"7408\" data-end=\"7423\">Arman-e Melli<\/em> portrayed a coordinated campaign to discredit former president Hassan Rouhani as proof that extremist factions still fear his political appeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7574\" data-end=\"7840\">Taken together, Thursday\u2019s coverage sketched the outline of a regime squeezed by socio-economic crises and climate stress, 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