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Iran Announces $7 Stimulus Check...
(Tehran, Iran) – As Iran fills with protests over economic collapse. The country’s leadership has announced a new monthly cash payment to citizens worth roughly $7, a move that has been widely ridiculed and rejected by the public. Government spokeswoman Fatima Mahajerani said the payment is intended to protect household purchasing power and stabilize access to food. But for many Iranians, the announcement has only intensified anger, as soaring p…
Iran rolls out $7 payments to quell affordability protests
The Iranian government is offering its citizens $7 monthly in a bid to quell nationwide protests and riots over rising prices. Iran has faced one of its worst protest movements of recent years, this time triggered by the plummeting value of Iran’s rial currency. Hoping to attack the root of the problem, government spokeswoman Fatma Mokhgarani unveiled a new stimulus payment scheme to be sent to all Iranian citizens, totalling 1 million tomans pe…
Iran offers $7 handouts to quell deadly protests
Iran said it will offer citizens a monthly cash handout equivalent to $7, in an effort to end deadly protests now entering their 10th day.A currency collapse and surging inflation have squeezed living standards, with protests having erupted in 27 out of Iran’s 31 provinces; at least 35 are dead, including four children. Demonstrators have called for political change, with chants of “freedom” and “death to the dictator,” a sign of mounting anger …
Faced with protests sparked by a deepening economic crisis, the government in Tehran announced plans to provide most citizens with a monthly handout equivalent to about $7. The plan, according to government spokeswoman Fatameh Mohajerani, aims to “maintain household purchasing power, control inflation and ensure food security.” […] The article Protests in Iran Expand – The Government in Tehran Intervenes and Announces a Monthly Handout of $7 for…
Iranian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Ahmed Meydari, announced that in response to ongoing economic protests in the country, a monthly aid of 10 million rials (approximately $7) per person will be provided for four months. The aid will be channeled through specific food vouchers, and measures will be taken to counter price increases during this period.
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