Prices on the March

Prices of essential goods have increased by more than 60% over the past year, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade reported.
Vahid Shaqaqi-Shahri, an economist and university professor, believes that price increases have led to the elimination of many commodities from the consumers’ basket of goods and deepened the gap among income deciles. A translation of his write-up for the Persian daily Ta’adol follows: