Iranians struggle to get by amid US war and domestic woes
“And that’s the amount I get after a 40 percent increase from the government this year – but it doesn’t even begin to cover the essentials,” she said....
Key points
- “And that’s the amount I get after a 40 percent increase from the government this year – but it doesn’t even begin to cover the essentials,” she said.
- Across the sanctions-hit country, people face a mounting list of challenges as they struggle to get by – from collapsing purchasing power and unaffordable food, rent and medicine to lost jobs, unreliable internet, electricity cuts, banking disruptions and destroyed infrastructure.
- Masoud, a young resident of the capital, said his landlord agreed after much negotiation to settle for a rent increase of just less than 50 percent this year.
- This is while the government has decreed that landlords in Tehran can legally only increase rent by 27 percent, with the cap for other provinces set at 25 percent.
What happened
“And that’s the amount I get after a 40 percent increase from the government this year – but it doesn’t even begin to cover the essentials,” she said. Across the sanctions-hit country, people face a mounting list of challenges as they struggle to get by – from collapsing purchasing power and unaffordable food, rent and medicine to lost jobs, unreliable internet, electricity cuts, banking disruptions and destroyed infrastructure. Masoud, a young resident of the capital, said his landlord agreed after much negotiation to settle for a rent increase of just less than 50 percent this year. This is while the government has decreed that landlords in Tehran can legally only increase rent by 27 percent, with the cap for other provinces set at 25 percent. Controlled prices for all types of bread sold in Tehran were nearly doubled by the government in an official decree last month. Local media said petrol prices could soon increase again after a bump last year.