Reported by; PMOI/MEK
May 1, 2018 – Once known as a one of Iran’s jewel cities and a major attraction point for tourists, the city of Shiraz is now home to very shocking scenes of utter poverty that is currently plaguing the lives of over 50 million people across this oil-rich country.
Farzaneh is a small girl doing her homework alongside her mother who is selling goods on the street.
Farzaneh’s mother is around 40 years of age with four children. After her husband married a second wife she divorced him and is now the sole caretaker of her children. With her mother she makes kitchen necessities in the mornings, selling them in the afternoon, Farzaneh says.
She has heavy eyeglasses and suffers from other illnesses as well. There is no insurance and her health credit booklet is not accepted even by government-run medical centers.
There are other women like her, who are seen selling hand-made goods such as socks to help make ends meet, especially for their children. This woman complains about various difficulties, such as high tuition fees and the inability to provide for her bills, forcing her to resort to such efforts.
This man, with over 90 years of age, is forced to somehow provide some income to pay for his needs and his ill wife. This old couple should be receiving retirement pensions from the government. In Iran under the mullahs’ regime, however, there are no such services.
Another devastating impact the Iranian regime’s policies are having on this society of 80 million is the growing number of drug addicts.
This young woman has lost her family, is lost in the world of drugs and poverty, and literally spends every day on the streets without any hope of a decent future. She has no family or anyone to provide the care she needs and being alone on the streets is very dangerous for a young woman like her.
This young man has nothing left but his guitar and the sign in front of him reads: “If you enjoy my music, please help.”
This young boy, Mohammad, goes to school every morning and sells flowers in the afternoon to help his father with their financial burdens.
Searching other people’s trash, rounding up recyclable goods and sleeping in the streets is becoming all the more common in Shiraz. This young man, another member of Iran’s army of the homeless and hungry, is seen here sleeping in his “bed.”
Even children, who should be in school and enjoying their childhood, are seen rounding up trash. Mafia groups seeking huge incomes from this trash collection initiative are most likely taking advantage of these innocent children.
The Iranian regime has been plundering the people’s wealth for its own purposes, especially to fund their meddling in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon. Tehran also allocates these funds to continues its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
The first victims are the Iranian people, pushing an increasing number of people into poverty across the country.
The 2017/2018 uprising came as a very alarming wake-up call for the Iranian regime, as the poor rose in a major uprising engulfing the entire country.
Signs show Tehran has no choice but to continue plundering the people. Rest assured this will ignite yet another nationwide revolt. Workers throughout Iran are already calling for rallies marking International Labor Day on Tuesday, May 1st.
Iran’s regime is on the ropes, knowing its days are numbered.