Iran’s poverty line crisis
Iran – Mullahs’ regime plundering the people is fueling social unrest Head of the Iranian regime’s parliamentary workers’ faction acknowledged the disturbing fact that the absolute poverty line in Iran under the mullahs’ regime has increased from 17 percent to 34 percent in the last year alone. “Considering the current daily expenses, the absolute poverty line has at least doubled from 17 to 34 percent,” said Alireza Mahjoub, chair of the workers’ faction in the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament). The International Labor Organization has defined the absolute poverty line as $2 dollars a day for each individual, he said in an interview with the state-run Asr-e Iran daily. Therefore, under such a definition, there are many individuals in Iran that are considered living under the absolute poverty line . “Last year we said a paycheck of 30 million rials or less would not be justifiable and this analysis was made prior to the current circumstances. Of course, considering...