NewsSpecial WirePhoto: Poverty in Iran

Photo: Poverty in Iran

-

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 10 – Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s promises of economic reform in Iran have failed to materialise into raising the standard of living for most ordinary Iranians in the 21 months since he came to power in August 2005. Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, May 10 – Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s promises of economic reform in Iran have failed to materialise into raising the standard of living for most ordinary Iranians in the 21 months since he came to power in August 2005.

The following is a photo of a person in the poverty-stricken city of Khorramshahr, south-western Iran, sent to Iran Focus by one of our readers:

Lack of clean drinkable water in Khorramshahr

http://iranfocus.com/uploads/img46432f88c5f9b.jpg” />

Latest news

Iranian Women’s Resistance: Beyond the Veil of Hijab Enforcement

These days streets and alleys of Iran are witnessing the harassment and persecution of women by police patrols under...

Fabricated Statistics in Iran’s Economy

While Iranian regime President Ebrahim Raisi and the government's economic team accuse critics of ignorance and fabricating statistics, Farshad...

Iran’s Teachers Working at Low Wages and Without Insurance

While pressures on teachers' activists by the Iranian regime continue, the regime’s Ham-Mihan newspaper has published a report examining...

House Rent Prices at Record High in Iran

After claims by Ehsan Khandouzi, the Minister of Economy of the Iranian regime, regarding the government's optimal performance in...

Why Nurses in Iran Migrate or Commit Suicide

This year, the issue of suicide among Iran's healthcare personnel resurfaced with the death of a young cardiac specialist...

Farmers Resume Protests in Isfahan, Education Workers Protest Low Wages

Economic protests in Iran on Monday, April 15, continued with farmers gathering in Isfahan province (central Iran) and school...

Must read

Iran minister: Nuclear talks ‘On Track’

AP: Iran's foreign minister said Monday that talks between...

Dollars are scarce in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 13 - From the Grapevine…...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you