Politicians across Iran's Islamic regime continue to express alarm and deep disappointment with the government's performance, particularly regarding the country's persistent economic crisis.
Former government spokesperson Ali Rabiei said. Etemad Online website article: “I would like governments to stop making policies and decisions. The best thing they can do is do nothing. That way, not only will the situation not get worse, but at least society will feel some sense of security.” You can get
Amid rising tensions in the Middle East and conflict with Israel, Iran's beleaguered currency has lost 25% of its value since early January, raising concerns about rising inflation, which is already hovering around 50%. It's increasing.
Rabiei, who has a background as a high-level intelligence officer, highlighted society's lack of trust in the government, citing differences in values. Meanwhile, governments continue to make decisions and enact resolutions that exacerbate social disorder.
“If we look at society, we see that a huge number of people are concerned about government decisions, and this is creating a deep sense of insecurity among people, especially in urban societies,” he said. .
“Apart from livelihood concerns, there are many reasons for everyone to feel insecure. In such a situation, the government should stop manipulating the lives of its people and destroying their peace of mind,” Rabiei said. “It's better,” he said, adding that officials should stop saying too much. “Please don't do anything. Hats off to you for leaving us alone.”
Even within the conservative camp to which the government belongs, the sense of disappointment is clear. Hassan Beyadi, a conservative close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's office, said: He expressed this feeling in an interview. The conservative news site Name News said, “Perhaps the best course of action for the government is to not intervene in national affairs.''
Beyadi lamented the lack of professional control over national issues and called on the government to recognize that political participation can address current challenges. He stressed that Raisi's government has not delivered on its promises to stabilize the currency, create jobs, build housing targets and make progress on nuclear negotiations. “Unfortunately, national politics is not managed by experts, and the government does not recognize that it can improve the problematic situation by paving the way for people's political participation.”
He was referring to crackdowns that monopolize government offices by allowing only hard-liners to run for office, as well as intensified election manipulation.
Beyadi stressed that it is impossible to recover the losses caused by sanctions and criticized the government's response to the industrial sector.
“Government's greatest and most basic mission has been to provide the people with necessities, provide water, electricity, natural gas, and meet the people's telecommunications needs.Even these require government intervention. It would have been much better,” Beyardy said. He said that the most important mission of the government was to address the country's foreign and economic policies, especially in areas such as reducing inflation and unemployment, and providing housing for the people, but the government was unable to address any of them. He added that he had not been particularly successful. problem.
Both Mr. Rabiei and Mr. Beyadi were referring to the government of President Ebrahim Raisi, but the general public is not aware of the serious economic and political problems that are symptomatic of the regime as a whole, led and ruled by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. ing.
Beyadi did not name the economic and financial conglomerates operating under the aegis of Khamenei's regime, but said that no one can be held responsible for the government's failures in many of these areas. He blamed this on the existence of major parallel economic organizations.
Mr. Beyadi appeared to be pessimistic about Iran's future, saying that unless he involved the people in decision-making and appointed skilled professionals to key positions, he doubted that Mr. Raisi could succeed in his final years as president. I had doubts. He also suggested that Raisi may not be able to secure a second term as socio-economic conditions continue to deteriorate.
