{"id":19363,"date":"2021-04-04T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T21:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=19363"},"modified":"2021-04-04T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T21:52:25","slug":"iran-state-run-media-warn-officials-of-a-social-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/19363\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran State-Run Media Warn Officials of A \u201cSocial Explosion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As social and economic crises deepen in Iran, the regime officials, experts, and state-run media warn of another uprising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe skyrocketing prices and livelihood problems are still the Iranian society\u2019s problems. Meanwhile, many sociologists warn about the consequences of people\u2019s improper livelihood and their possible reaction,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armanmeli.ir\/fa\/main\/detail\/310880\/%C2%AB%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%C2%BB-%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%C2%AB%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%C2%BB-%D8%9B---%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D9%85-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0the state-run Arman daily on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In its article, Arman daily interviews Mostafa Eghlimi, one of the regime\u2019s sociologists.<br \/>\nIn response to this question that \u201chow economic pressures affect people\u2019s lives?\u201d Eghlima underlines Iran\u2019s economic crisis, which due to the regime\u2019s corruption and wrong policies.<br \/>\n\u201cThe truth is the inflation in the country has increased by 35% within the last year, and the prices of most products people need have tripled. In the current situation, workers are living in inadequate economic conditions. Many shop owners have a customer downturn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\">\n<div id=\"WYL_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" class=\"lyte lP\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"lyte_R-XN2b5wZ6I\" class=\"pL\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FR-XN2b5wZ6I%2Fhqdefault.jpg\">\n<div class=\"tC\">\n<div class=\"tT\">Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"play\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran Protests: Nationwide Uprising in Iran- November 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-XN2b5wZ6I?start=7&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lL\"><\/div>\n<p>On the other hand, unemployment is increasing daily in society. The situation is such that private companies are either partially closed or forced to fire their employees. As a result, the recent rise in prices has infuriated people, and society is on the verge of a population explosion. If this doesn\u2019t happen now, it will happen soon,\u201d Eghlima told Arman on April 3.<br \/>\nWhile regime officials and their relatives live luxurious lives, they advise people to \u201cresist\u201d against economic hardships and \u201cbe satisfied\u201d with what they have. They also refuse to resolve people\u2019s problems and only make hollow promises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople\u2019s economic conditions have a direct influence on social developments of society. Meanwhile, no one is willing to accept the responsibility of people\u2019s social and economic problems. In this situation, some advise people to resist. The question is, while the father is unable to feed his wife and children, how on earth could he resist? The government announced it would increase salaries, but anytime it does, it also increases taxes several times. People hate a government that cannot manage crises. People cannot live with promises, and officials\u2019 promises wouldn\u2019t be the food on their table,\u201d Eghlima continued in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian regime and its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorized\/iranian-regimes-lobby-group-niac-under-scrutiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apologists<\/a>\u00a0try to blame international sanctions for Iran\u2019s economic and financial crisis. They also call Iranians who demand regime change \u201crioters with links to foreign adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe roots of recent incidents [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-november-2019-uprising-and-its-amplifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uprisings<\/a>] are hundred percent domestic, and there are inconsiderable issues connected to outside of Iran. Some officials say the root of recent social disorders lies outside of Iran. It means the officials are not in charge, and some other people beyond borders decide for us. In recent years, the price of the dollar exchange rate in the country has always fluctuated. Should we search for the reason outside the borders? No. The reason for this is the wrong economic policies pursued by the authorities, not the hostility of the United States,\u201d Eghlima acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen economic pressure on people exceeds their capacity, naturally these pressures turn to protests on streets. How long could we manage society as we have done in the past? As much as we make hollow promises and postpone resolving their problems to the future, the severe the social explosion will be. I warn officials. They should think now and increase their efforts to answer people\u2019s demands,\u201d Eghlima warned the regime\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n<p>The regime has increased its oppressive measures to control Iran\u2019s restive society, such as execution, arbitrary arrest, and torture. But will these acts help the regime to hold on to power?<\/p>\n<p>Daily protests in Iran and the recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uprising<\/a>\u00a0in the northeast and southeast Iran show the regime\u2019s strategy of controlling the society with oppression no longer works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>As social and economic crises deepen in Iran, the regime officials, experts, and state-run media warn of another uprising. \u201cThe skyrocketing prices and livelihood problems <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/19363\/\" title=\"Iran State-Run Media Warn Officials of A \u201cSocial Explosion\u201d\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-irans-current-affairs","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19365,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19363\/revisions\/19365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}