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9 May 2026, 14:49

The latest data from the Statistical Center of Iran shows that the prices of some essential food items have experienced an unprecedented surge in Farvardin 1405 compared to the same period last year.

According to this report, solid oil has recorded the highest price increase among food items, with a point-to-point inflation rate of 375%, rising from about 81,000 tomans in Farvardin 1404 to over 385,000 tomans. Liquid oil has also seen a 308% increase, rising from about 74,000 tomans to over 300,000 tomans. Premium foreign rice has increased by 209%, machine chicken by 191%, mayonnaise by 190%, and eggs by 170%, making them other highly inflated items.

This price surge comes at a time when labor activists estimate the cost of living for working families to be over 71 million tomans, while the minimum monthly wage for workers in 1405 is about 16 million and 600 thousand tomans; a gap that indicates even the official income of workers is several times lower than the minimum living expenses.
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Khabar Online reported that the effect of the 60% increase in the minimum wage for 1405 has vanished in just 45 days, and workers' purchasing power has returned to the level it was before the wage increase. According to this report, the minimum monthly wage this year was set at 16 million and 625 thousand tomans; a figure that, on the day of approval, was worth about 116 dollars at an exchange rate of 143,700 tomans per dollar. However, with the dollar reaching about 190,000 tomans in mid-Ordibehesht, the dollar value of the wage has fallen to about 87.5 dollars. Khabar Online also noted that the purchasing power of wages based on gold has declined; the minimum wage, which was equivalent to about one gram of 18-carat gold in Esfand, has now dropped to 0.81 grams. This means that the nominal wage increase has effectively been neutralized under the pressure of the rial's collapse, inflation, and the economic policies of the Islamic Republic, leaving workers once again facing a deep gap between income and living costs.
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