Four labor and retirees organizations, in a joint statement, criticized the Islamic Republic government for opposing an increase in the minimum wage for workers and said that wage increases over the past five decades have always been far lower than the inflation rate.

Reza Boolehri, a member of the editorial board of Iran International, explains why President Pezeshkian’s government has no will to raise the minimum wage for workers and other wage earners, and what the outcome of this situation will be.