The Iranian state-run media has been sounding the alarm over the “mistrust” and “rage” being felt by the Iranian people, which translates to public hatred of the establishment over economic and social hardships and an unavoidable uprising.

The state-run Hamdeli daily wrote Sunday, January 31: “[Official] estimates indicate 7 to 9 million tomans as the rate of the living basket. But years of experience has shown that finally, these numbers stay on paper, and the final salary [of worker] has a long-distance with reality.”

 The paper went on to say that the poverty line in Iran is now 10 million tomans, but that the average wages of working people is just 2.5 million so living conditions are only getting worse.

Tehran and its lobbyists are blaming the US’s sanctions for the problem and promising that if President Joe Biden removes them than Iranians will enjoy economic freedom. But the truth is that Iran is wasting its wealth on terrorist groups and ballistic missiles at the expense of its people. Even the state-run Arman daily acknowledged this.

They wrote: “Those who think that a change of president in the United States will bring about a fundamental change in Iran’s economy are far too optimistic. The root of Iran’s economic problems lies more in domestic politics than in international ones. There is a center of economic corruption in the country, [which is Iran’s] real economic problem.”

The Iranian people are also unconvinced by authorities’ lies and identify the mullahs as the source of their woes, with the state-run Aftab-e Yazd daily admitting the 80-90% of Iranian don’t trust the regime or their promises.

Iranian vice-president Eshagh Jahangiri went to Khomeini Port, southwest Iran, on Saturday and was the subject of a protest by locals; something that the state-run Vatan-e Emrooz daily explained is fairly common.

They wrote: “Certainly, the point that we should not ignore is the accumulation of anger that has arisen among the people, especially in deprived and remote areas. There have been several examples in recent months that should be taken seriously as warnings.”

While the state-run Resalat daily said that the economic pressure on people has naturally caused them to become angry.

This is true. After all, the Iranian people took part in two nationwide protests against the ruling system – in 2017 and 2019 – that began over economic problems and identified the mullahs as the cause. The security forces killed thousands of protesters in response.

The Mostaghel daily wrote that Iranian officials should be “afraid of the day when people get fed up and come for you”.