Tag:Iran Poverty

Female Workers at Iran Garbage Site Denied Wages

By Jubin Katiraie The majority of the 120 workers at the Safireh garbage-sorting site in Ahvaz are female heads of household, risking injury and disease...

Iran: Children Who Make Ends Meet Through Searching Garbage

By Jubin Katiraie The situation of child laborers in Iran, especially those who search through garbage bins and landfill dumps, is too painful. ...

A Package Full of Misery for the Iranian Economy

By Pooya Stone The Center for the Research of Iran’s Parliament has recently presented a horrific picture of the state of the broken economy...

Iran War Vet Sets Himself on Fire in Protest Against Iranian Foundation

By Jubin Katiraie A war veteran lit himself on fire on Monday in protest to not receiving the loan he requested from the Foundation of...

Iran – Silent Increase in the Price of Fruit, Sweets, Chocolate, and Train Tickets

By Jubin Katiraie According to a survey by Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center, the poverty line for a four-person household in Tehran has risen from 2.5...

Iran: Drought and Water Shortage Crisis Threatens the Lives of Urban and Rural Residents

By Jubin Katiraie While the need for water for health purposes has doubled with the continuing situation of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, with the...

Iran claims It Will Reduce Inflation While 45 Million Have Inadequate Income

By Pooya Stone Recently, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) acknowledged its goal to reduce the inflation rate to 22 percent in the current...

The Widening Gap Between Iran’s Rich and Poor

By Pooya Stone In Iran, the gap between economic classes is widening every day. A few citizens with close ties with the government are...

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Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 117th Week

On Tuesday, April 21, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign entered its 117th week. On this occasion, prisoners participating...

The Naval Blockade And the Structural Fracture of Iran’s Economy

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has now become one of the most decisive variables in Iran’s political...

Iran’s Regime Moves to Seize Assets of Dissidents

Iran's regime has once again revealed its true nature in the form of an overt state-backed theft; this time...

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Family seeks Iran prisoner release as talk hopes rise

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