Sohila Jalouda Razadeh, former representative of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, tells Eilna: The loss of the value of the national currency has caused the purchasing power of workers and other segments of the population to decrease unprecedentedly. Workers and wage earners are in a situation where it seems like their homes are being robbed every day and their possessions are slowly being taken away. The parasites that had fallen on our country’s economy are now devouring the economy of our families. She continues: The devaluation of the national currency is not something that happened overnight, but it was predictable for years and today we are only seeing its manifestation. What is being discussed today as the daily increase in the price of the dollar is not true, but the value of the national currency is falling.

On a winter day in Tehran, on Chamran highway, a family is sitting on the side of the highway with all their belongings. From a distance, it’s hard to believe that they are homeless. But this is a true story. Right here in Tehran, in the cold winter air, a family from Robat Karim carried their household items on their shoulders and settled by the Chamran highway, choosing to live in a house without a roof. A young couple with two children, ages 2 and 7, are sitting next to their belongings (or rather, their homeless belongings). The 7-year-old boy keeps asking: “What will happen to my school?”

The man whose face had turned red came forward and said, “We came from Robat Karim. We were there for a few days on the street and no one paid any attention to us or our pain. The woman showed a paper that was an eviction notice. The landlord had asked for their excuse. The man continued, “I have been looking for a loan for years. Now, after numerous requests to the President, our loan was approved, but instead of 15 million, they only accepted 5 million. However, they made the conditions for receiving the loan so difficult that we were not able to get it. When I asked him why he didn’t apply for the Mehr housing, he said we had to pay at least 7 to 11 million for registration, which we didn’t have. We don’t have the down payment for rent and we are forced to stay on the street. I asked him about his job, he said he is a laborer and has been