The economic crises in Iran have pushed more and more people below the poverty line and spurred the public into a widespread boycott of the presidential election next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/a> needs a high voter turnout to provide legitimacy to his regime amid increased international isolation, the people have been using their near-daily protests to chant that they will not be voting next month because they\u2019ve \u201cheard enough lies\u201d and \u201chave not seen any justice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The state-run\u00a0Mostaghel\u00a0daily wrote last month: \u201cThe presidential elections have the unprecedented situation in terms of people\u2019s unwillingness to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The election boycott<\/a>, foreshadowed by the low turnout at the parliamentary elections in February 2020, is not the result of one issue, but rather several important factors; including oppression, human rights abuse, and the lack of democracy. The economic problems were just the last straw and the fact that they are solely the result of regime corruption and mismanagement solidified that the regime was the main abusers of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former Urban Development Minister Abbas\u00a0Akhundi admitted last month that inflation has been 18% on average for the past 52 years, which is shocking enough until you consider that essentially the inflation rate is 546845% compared with 1969. He also advised that investment over the past nine years have been at -6.8%, which means that it\u2019s 52% than it was in 2011, while inflation will be over 40% next year compared with 2021, which will only increase the number of people living in absolute poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLet\u2019s look at just some of the economic problems in Iran here.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n