Radio Farda reports that Iranians are cutting back on basic spending as living costs climb. A newlywed woman in Tehran used her wedding money for a housing deposit and now works two shifts to repay a loan, while many families are replacing meat and chicken with substitutes and dropping leisure activities. The pressure comes from years of sanctions, inflation, a sliding rial, the war launched by the US and Israel on February 28, a US naval blockade of Iranian ports, and a new US sanctions campaign dubbed “Economic D-Day.” A meal of ghormeh sabzi with rice can cost 23 million rials ($8.45), annual inflation hit 89.9% in September, and the monthly wage is estimated at around $100. According to Factnameh, a basket of 11 essential foods cost 56 million rials ($20.70) per person in September, while the government's 10 million rial food voucher covered less than 18% of that cost, down from about 30% in December 2025. On October 23, central bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati acknowledged the “heavy burden” on Iranians.
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