Growing poverty in Iran: “I can hardly afford a loaf of bread!
ARTICLES 9/19/2018 A worker saying that “we hardly can afford a loaf of bread!” Analysis by PMOI/MEK Iran, Sept. 19, 2018 - With over 150,000 million barrels of proven oil reserves, Iran owns the third or fourth largest oil reserve (based on different types of estimation) among oil-producing countries. Only second to Russia, Iran has also one the largest gas reserves in the world. Iran is also ranked among 15 major mineral-rich countries, having the world’s largest zinc reserves, second largest copper reserves, 9 th largest iron reserves, 10 th largest uranium reserves, etc. The list goes on. According to a recent study by the Iranian regime’s Islamic Parliament Research Center, while accounting only for one percent of the world population, Iran has over seven percent of its minerals. But despite all its riches, 80 percent of Iran’s population live under the poverty line. Poverty has become so common in Iran tha...
