Iranians shop in the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran in November 2019. Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP
David Goldman, Asia Times: How fragile is Iran’s regime?
US sanctions are creating extreme economic conditions; birthrate dropping precipitously
Smartphone videos of anti-regime protests in Tehran circulated in global news media this weekend, after the Iranian government admitted it shot down a Ukrainian civilian airliner. The latest demonstrations followed a national wave of protests last November in which up to 1,500 demonstrators were killed. Hard information about the origins and extent of the anti-regime protests is difficult to find. But there is a good deal of evidence of extreme dissatisfaction with the regime due to economic stress.
Iran’s average monthly after-tax wage was US$318.53, according to the website Numbeo, which tallies thousands of user inputs to arrive at wage and price data.
Using Numbeo’s prices I constructed a monthly survival budget in US dollar equivalents:
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WNU Editor: A sobering read on how difficult life is in today's Iran.
