Poverty is widespread in Iran. The suicide rate is on the rise, with no interest to decline in Iran. Children commit suicide, too, because they see their parents cannot afford the necessities of life. After all, the mullahs in Iran are stealing Iran's natural resources and asking China to extract Iran's natural resources to have financial resources to buy guns and bullets from Russia to wage war in the region. The remaining cash in the mullahs' hands transferred to the US, Canada, and European Nations to do money-laundry.
The bottom line, there is darkness in people's life in Iran. Iranians do not see the light of hope or ray of joy in their life what they experience daily, hopelessness.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is an excellent measurement to illustrate the pain and suffering Iranians face at the hands of mullahs in Iran.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a triangle; it divides into five categories: physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs, and self-actualization.
Physiological needs:
The Physiological needs are food, water, warmth and rest.
On February 08th, 2020, The Borgen Project reported that
"Economic Downshift: According to the Iranian Parliament's Research Center, between 23 to 40 percent of Iran's population will be living in absolute poverty soon. This is due to an increase in unemployment, inflation and a downward trend in economic growth. The Research Center's report shows that the inflation rate has risen to 47 percent from 2018 to 2019 and estimates that 57 million more Iranians will fall into poverty over 2020" 1 from the population of 80 million.
"Sanctions and Corruption: Iran's banking and oil sectors are its backbone, but U.S. sanctions have greatly affected these sectors, causing an economic crisis in Iran. Many Iranian's have fallen victim to panic-buying due to fear of price increases. Internal corruption has led to an occasional scarcity of goods due to merchants and entrepreneurs hoarding goods to increase prices." 2
Therefore, the theocratic regime in Iran is not providing physiological needs to Iranians. Today, Iranians cannot afford house rents, and they are sleeping in empty graves of the cemeteries. 3 The mullahs in Iran, with their vengeance in their hearts to destroy Israel and child-like thinking that the mullahs will control the world one day, the mullahs allocated funds toward destruction and ignored the welfare of Iranians. Iranians force to sleep on the rooftops of someone.4
Safety needs:
This section covers the issues of security and safety. Iranians are not allowed to exercise freedom of speech. Suppose a person is expressing their ideas contrary to the mullahs' domestic or foreign policies. In that case, the mullahs' security apparatus will apprehend the person and falsely accuse the person of collaborating with foreign nations for fomenting a revolution in Iran.
In November 2019, Iranians came to the street to have a peaceful assembly to express their low living standard frustrations to the mullahs. The security forces used deadly forces against the peaceful assembly participants. The mullahs killed over 1500 individuals to silent the voice of justice in Iran.
Belongingness and love needs:
Intimate relationship, friends
The mullahs are having monopoly control over physical intimacy. The mullahs in Iran do not allow adults to have consensual physical intimacy unless they pay a fee to a mullah to give a couple permission to have physical intimacy. It is called Sigeh.
It is difficult for Iranians to trust one another because the mullahs encourage people to report one another to the system.
Esteem needs:
Prestige and feeling accomplishment
The mullahs are controlling Iran's economy. Iranians are not part of the inner circle of mullahs' security; Iranians deprive of accomplishment. Max Weber defines prestige as a means of owning property. Iranians cannot own anything. Currently, the mullahs children are known as Rich Kids of Tehran; they enjoy a luxurious lifestyle outside of Iran and Iran.
Self-actualization:
Achieving one's full potential, including creative activities
Iranians cannot move from stage one to stage two. How can they do reach self-actualization?
Therefore, Iranians are not having economic prosperity. Iranians have sadness and hopelessness in their life. Emile Durkheim's theory about suicide stems from a lack of solidarity. Iranians are not having hope for a better future. Plus, Iranians cannot get close to one another as they are afraid of one another because the mullahs are killing them as enemies of the state.
7 Facts About Poverty in Iran | The Borgen Project
Iran's 'Grave Sleepers' Prompt Calls For Action (rferl.org)
Inside Iran's Crumbling Economy, Increasing Prices And Housing Crisis - Eurasia Review
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