As of December 2024 Iran was experiencing its deepest and longest economic crisis in its modern history.
[8] Iranian president reported 175000 billion toman in losses within 9 months in private sector due to poor economic conditions.
[10] Retirees, merchants and workers protested throught the 2016-2025 in 20 out of 30 cities including Ardebil, Yazd Hamedan, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, Esfahan, Tehran, Ahvaz, Hamedan and Shush, displaying banners with slogans such as “Healthcare and livelihood are our absolute rights” and “Our income is in rials; expenses are in dollars.” They also criticized the government’s priorities, chanting, “Warmongering is enough; our tables are empty” and “Our enemy is right here; they lie it’s the US.
[30] Inflation has been persistently high while the real statistics remain hidden from public[31] Government corruption has been consistently at its highest in recent years.
[33] In November 2024 The Islamic Republic newspaper warned the Iranian regime of impending revolution of poor people.