Poverty spikes in Iran as prices for essential goods rise

A municipal worker in Marivan says he has not bought red meat for months. He buys 2 dozen eggs and takes them home, and they eat “soy” (Tofu) instead of meat. He says: “We, the municipal workers, are not only the minimum wage earners, but we do not receive the same insufficient wages on time. The municipality did not pay us for months. In this situation, how can we buy meat at above 100,000 Tomans (approximately $ 5) per Kilogram!? We don’t even buy chicken.”