Updated · National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) · Aug 13
63% of Iranians Report High Rage as Inflation Hits 134% and Blackouts Deepen
Updated
Updated · National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) · Aug 13
63% of Iranians Report High Rage as Inflation Hits 134% and Blackouts Deepen
3 articles · Updated · National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) · Aug 13
Summary
A confidential June survey cited in the report found more than 63% of Iran’s 92 million people living with high anger and rage, over 50% hopeless about improvement, and 81% struggling to obtain food.
July data from Iran’s Statistical Centre showed food inflation at 134% year on year and general inflation in the low 80s, while households and small businesses were also absorbing two to four hours of daily power cuts and sharply higher utility bills.
Those outages are directly destroying incomes: bakers dump spoiled dough, salons lose clients, delivery drivers lose app access, and workers paid by the piece forfeit wages, with no compensation mechanism to absorb the losses.
Water shortages and extreme heat are compounding the strain, with Tehran’s key reservoirs around 22% full, 35 million people facing shortages, and provinces such as Khuzestan enduring temperatures of 50C while residents still sit in the dark.
Despite a January crackdown that independent monitors say killed more than 7,000 people, strikes and protests by nurses, retirees, farmers and other groups have resumed, suggesting economic collapse is eroding the deterrent effect of repression.