Iran has paid farmers only 61 trillion tomans of the 270 trillion tomans owed for wheat purchases — 22% of the total — according to the Mehr news agency. Ataollah Hashemi, head of the National Fund for Wheat Growers, said promised weekly payments are delayed, forcing some farmers to sell to intermediaries at lower prices or hoard their crop.
Iran has paid farmers only 61 trillion tomans of the 270 trillion tomans owed for wheat purchases — 22% of the total — according to the Mehr news agency, which is affiliated with the Iranian establishment.
Ataollah Hashemi, head of the National Fund for Wheat Growers and a member of the Agricultural Pricing Council, said the payments, which were promised on a weekly basis, are being delayed. As a result, some farmers are selling their crop to intermediaries at prices below the government-set rate, while others are hoarding it, Hashemi said.
The development adds to a pattern of economic strain in Iran. As The Zioneer has reported, official data for the month of Khordad showed annual inflation at 88.6%, with food prices surging 134.6%. Meat prices have soared 178%, and a separate report indicated that over $130 billion in export revenues have not returned to Iran's formal economy since 2018. The wheat payment shortfall underscores the regime's deepening fiscal pressures amid ongoing sanctions and a banking crisis estimated at 100 trillion tomans.
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