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In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines we will look at the continuation of human rights violations in Iran as security forces arrest a large number of striking workers at the Ahwaz Steel factory.
Also in tonight’s program:
What lies behind the rapid fluctuation in the value of Iran’s currency against the US dollar?
Who controls Iran’s foreign exchange markets?
Where have the regimes’ top officials deposited their stolen monies and could the Iranian people access and confiscate them for their own needs?
Our gusts tonight are Shervan Pashandi of the Farashgard opposition group as well as the Tehran-based journalist Mr. Navid Jamshidi.
Navid Jamshidi:
Sadly these days the prices of basic foods and commodities have skied up in Iran so rapidly.
We had similar conditions during the former regime of the late Shah but the reforms carried out by his administrations corrected the shortcomings and the people’s demands and protests were taken into account.
However, the current regime deals with this similar situation with crackdown and repression. Our people seem to have lost all their patience and taken to the streets to vent their grievances. We just need to watch how far this situation can continue.
Shervan Pashandi:
The daily rise of prices in Iran is a very worrying issue for the citizens, as at the same time their earnings remain the same, while the majority of the people already live under the poverty line.
In the meantime many of the regime’s supporters enjoy huge salaries and state benefits.
The loyal subordinates of the regime run the majority of the economic centers of the country and their economic decisions do not reflect the interests of the Iranian people.
The Rouhani government has tried to rein in the high inflation by injecting cash into the economy which in turn lead to further economic instability and would not solve the problem which is the regime’s overall policies at home and abroad.
