The Statistical Center of the Iranian regime reported that the highest inflation rate since the establishment of the organization was recorded in January. According to the report, point-to-point inflation reached an unprecedented 60% in this month.
Point-to-point inflation refers to the percentage change in the price index compared to the same month of the previous year.
According to this report, in January 2025, the consumer price index for households nationwide reached 469.4, showing a 7.9% increase compared to the previous month, a 60% increase compared to the same month of the previous year, and a 44.6% increase over the 12 months ending in the current month compared to the same period a year earlier.
The state-run Eghtesad News daily, quoting the Statistical Center of Iran, wrote that in January 2026, point-to-point inflation for households nationwide stood at 60%, meaning that households, on average, spent 60% more than in January 2025 to purchase the same “basket of goods and services.”
Point-to-point inflation in January 2026 also increased by 7.4 percentage points compared to the previous month.
Monthly inflation for households nationwide
Monthly inflation refers to the percentage change in the price index compared to the previous month.
In January 2026, monthly inflation for households nationwide stood at 7.9%.
Monthly inflation for the major group of “food, beverages, and tobacco” was 13.7%, while for the major group of “non-food goods and services” it was 4.4%.
Eghtesad News, continuing its assessment of the Statistical Center of Iran’s report, wrote that in January 2026, the annual inflation rate for households nationwide reached 44.6%, an increase of 2.4 percentage points compared to the previous month.
Annual inflation refers to the percentage change in the average price index over a one-year period ending in the current month compared to the same period a year earlier.
The range of annual inflation across different expenditure deciles varied from 43.5% for the tenth decile to 46.8% for the second decile.
As a result, the inflation gap between deciles reached 3.3 percentage points this month, up from 2.5 percentage points in the previous month, an increase of 0.8 percentage points.
Rising dollar prices amid war and repression
As fresh details of massacres and killings by the Iranian regime and the names of those killed continue to emerge from across Iran, and amid rising prospects of war and the continuation of repressive and controlling economic policies by the government, the price of the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, January 27, once again surpassed 1.45 million rials in the open market.
Protests by Tehran Marchants continue today, December 30.
Marchants are on strike and a significant crowd is present at the site.
These movements have been made in response to high prices, inflation, and livelihood pressures.#IranProtests #IranEconomy pic.twitter.com/4GG6GtN0dY— Iran Focus (@Iran_Focus) December 30, 2025
At the same time, the stock market index recorded a one-day drop of 120,000 points, and the state-run Ta’amol daily described the situation as a “historic stock market crash.”
The renewed rise in the dollar’s price comes after it had set a new record in Tehran’s open market on January 6, surpassing 1.47 million rials.
Earlier, the governor of the Central Bank of the Iranian regime was replaced in an attempt to curb the rise in currency prices, but shortly after Abdolnasser Hemmati returned to the post, the price of the dollar rose by about 10%.
The price of the British pound also reached about 2 million rials, while the euro rose to around 1.72 million rials.
