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Iranian Workers’ Wages in 2022 Keep Them Below the Poverty Line

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Iran’s Supreme Labor Council increased the minimum wage of Iranian workers by only 57%. It announced that about 1.5 million tomans would be added to workers’ minimum wage.

High Levels of Poverty Mean That Iranians Can No Longer Afford to Celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival

December 21 marks one of Iran’s oldest celebrations, the festival of Yalda to mark the winter solstice which is the…

Poverty-Stricken Iranians Forced to Sell Their Organs to Make Ends Meet

As October 17 marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, many countries around the world are taking steps…

Iran: People’s Poverty a Result of Sanctions or Plundering by Corrupt Mullahs and IRGC Terrorists?

The miserable living and economic situation of the Iranian people is so bad that these days it is the subject…

Iran: On the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 80% of Iranians Live Below the Poverty Line

For the first time in 1993, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution designating October 17 as World Poverty Eradication…

Wealth Accumulation of the IRGC’s Khatam-Al Anbiya Construction Headquarters and the Extreme Poverty of the Iranian People

Acquisition of private companies under pressure by the IRGC Any company in the private sector, if it remains now in…

Iranians People’s Poverty Causes Protests Across Iran

As poverty rages across Iran and people are struggling to afford the basics, with over 70% of the country unable…

Kurdish porters in Iran under the hammer and anvil of poverty and bullets

Kurdish porters in Iran under the hammer and anvil of poverty and bullets By Daniel Mahdavi The tough economic situation…

US Senator Joseph Lieberman Speech to the New York Rally in Support of Uprisings for a Democratic Republic in Iran

During a great rally held in New York on September 19, 2023, US Senator Joseph Lieberman delivered a speech. The rally was held outside the UN in support of uprisings for a democratic republic in Iran and in condemnation of the Iranian regime and its president, Ebrahim Raisi, during the session of the United Nations General Assembly.

New York Witnessed Thousands of Iranian Demonstrators Denouncing Raisi’s UN Presence, Urging His Prosecution for the 1988 Massacre

New York—September 19, 2023: On Tuesday, at a massive gathering, thousands of freedom-loving Iranians and supporters of the Iranian resistance convened to express their strong dissent against the presence of Ebrahim Raisi, the President of the Iranian regime, at the United Nations General Assembly.