{"id":31131,"date":"2022-01-03T07:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T06:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=31131"},"modified":"2022-01-03T07:31:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T06:31:59","slug":"iran-is-suffering-from-severe-economic-instability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/01\/iran-is-suffering-from-severe-economic-instability\/31131\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Is Suffering From Severe Economic Instability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The weak and corrupt economic team of Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s government, with a history full of corruption and rent-seeking, can find no way out of the regime\u2019s economic stalemate.<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the chronic unemployment, severe inflation and rising prices of everyday goods, Iran has reached the peak of \u2018economic instability<\/a>\u2019. Day after day, the situation becomes more and more dire and with no easy way to resolve it, it is only a matter of time until unexpected events bring the entire system to a complete collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the little money that many ordinary Iranians receive each month, their purchase power is immense within the first 10 days, as they fear that prices will only increase the longer they wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The state-run Tejarat newspaper wrote in their December 30 publication that, \u201cAlthough these changes may be due to the lack of the salaries of wage earners, who make up most of the society, the reality is that people do not trust the market and prices and try to turn them into commodities as soon as they earn money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) <\/a>said, \u201cThis instability can be seen in the hopelessness of the economic enterprises. Most of them are suffering from the instability of the market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, within the regime\u2019s government an increasing dispute has developed between the economic officials who are only creating barriers for each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Seday-e Eslahat website last month, they wrote, \u201cIt seems that the economic team of Dr. Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u2019s government is not in sync with each other and there are deep disagreements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They described the situation within the economic team as a \u2018tangled web\u2019, stating that given Iran\u2019s economic problems, it is \u2018impossible to identify their joint plan\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MEK <\/a>said, \u201cSuch comments are not limited to observations by analysts and reporters. The reality is that there is huge turbulence in Raisi\u2019s economic team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Seday-e Eslahat website warned that if Raisi is unable to \u2018show more determination\u2019 and \u2018be able to have the last word on his own\u2019, there will be a huge power struggle within Iran\u2019s economic system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economist Hossein Raghfar weighed in on this issue in an article for the state-run Emtedad media outlet. He said, \u201cThe adoption of inconsistent positions by the economic team and the incoherence in this area indicate that the expectations of the president in this regard have not been fulfilled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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