{"id":24071,"date":"2021-07-22T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=24071"},"modified":"2021-07-21T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:10:43","slug":"the-destruction-of-irans-economy-under-the-mullahs-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/07\/the-destruction-of-irans-economy-under-the-mullahs-regime\/24071\/","title":{"rendered":"The Destruction of Iran’s Economy Under the Mullahs’ Regime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are many crises currently plaguing the Iranian economy, causing inflation, negative growth, and rising prices, which means that some 60 million Iranians are now stuck in poverty<\/a>, with some of this being shown in the recent protests by farmers and ranchers over intense water shortages and the shortage and high cost of livestock feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tejarat daily wrote<\/a>: \u201cUnfortunately, for many years we have witnessed a bitter experience when protesting farmers pour their milk into the streets or slaughter their livestock, leaving it there in protest. We have witnessed farmers that dump their crops on the ground in front of agricultural offices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the Iranian regime benefits from this because the officials and their affiliates import agricultural products without paying the appropriate taxes, which means that they are able to profit considerably off the Iranian people\u2019s desperate need for food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s now so bad that experts are predicting that just one more thing could be the breaking point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state-run Etemad daily wrote: \u201cIran\u2019s economy is now being held hostage to the interests of the mafias, and people are losing out. We are witnessing greedy parties, brokers and corrupt figures seeking to take full control over the power structure. The main issue is that Iran\u2019s economy is in the hands of the unproductive. Rent-seekers are suffocating the economy while pocketing mass revenues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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