A labor representative on Iran’s High Council of Labor says the livelihood basket we had calculated for Dey has effectively doubled today, given the rise in the prices of goods and services.

Mohsen Baqeri, in an interview with ILNA, called for a review of wages by the High Council of Labor.

Official data from Iran’s Statistical Center shows that the price index of goods and services rose from 542 in Esfand last year—when the joint U.S.-Israeli operation against the Islamic Republic began—to 677 in this year’s Tir.

Inflation in food items in this year’s Tir, compared with the same month last year, has also been estimated at more than 128 percent.

Such runaway inflation is occurring while, according to a decision by the Labor Council, the minimum wage for workers for the year 1405 has increased by only 60 percent.