Iran: 80 Percent of Wage Earners Are Below the Poverty Line
- Thursday, 24 November 2016 02:49
NCRI - An economic expert of the Mullahs' regime expressed his concern about the fury and protests of people regarding the current economic situation in the country and said:"following the current economic situation in the country, there is a concern that 12 million people are unemployed and 30 millions of indigents are pessimist towards the future of their country. The situation might cause people to protest in the future and the president would be responsible for that."
As Resalat Newspaper reported on 23rd November 2016, Ebrahim Razaghi admitted that the number of unemployment and indigence is increasing and the people are getting disappointed over the regime. He stated:"the economic orientation of the government towards the wealthy strata of the society is in favor of a particular class. The government does not pay attention to the main issues. Today 80 percent of the wage earners are below the poverty line and 7 million households are unable to pay house rents. The more the poverty develops the more the people lose their hopes."
Ebrahim Razaghi referred to the inability of the current government as well as the previous one to resolve the issue in this regard and added:"in recent years, it is proved that following the liberal economic policies is not helpful for us and it has faced our country with various challenges including poverty and unemployment. The governments at different periods have diverted people's attention to other issues in order to conceal the inefficient policies. It seems that the government's economic policies and approaches are being developed in favor of the wealthy people. In the current situation, the serious and main issues of the society are not actively in practice in order to be resolved."
He also discussed the inefficiency of authorities to exert measures in order to solve the economic problems and confessed that a revolution is required in the field of management since some current managers are not able to cure the basic problems of people.
Ebrahim Razaghi at the end added:"recently it has been announced that 72 senior managers have dual citizenship, i.e. they do not have an Iranian nationality but they rule the country. Such a form of management is not acceptable in any part of the world. On the other hand, we must say, some managers are looking for receiving a green card instead of rectifying people's problem."
