A severe rise in medicine prices across Iran has sparked growing concern among pharmacists, doctors, and the general public, as access to life-saving medications becomes increasingly unaffordable. Reports from inside the country, including regime-affiliated news agency “Mehr,” indicate drug prices have surged between 50% and 400% in recent weeks, intensifying the already dire humanitarian and economic situation.
The Iranian regime blames internal disruptions within the country’s pharmaceutical industry for the crisis, pointing to breakdowns in the supply chain. However, top Iranian health officials are contradicting the regime’s narrative, suggesting the real cause is far more systemic—and deliberate.
Akbar Abdollahi Asl, the director of Iran’s Drug and Controlled Substances Division, claims the country’s healthcare system has monopolized the pharmaceutical industry. According to him, the very entity responsible for regulating drug prices is also the main buyer and policymaker—creating a dangerous conflict of interest.
He further alleged that there is a conscious effort by the regime to shrink the pharmaceutical sector using restrictive pricing and production quotas. “They’re leaving a narrow path for the industry to survive, while limiting it as much as possible. This is intentional, not accidental,” Asl stated.
Critics argue this manufactured scarcity serves a sinister fiscal agenda: create shortages, then charge a captive population—especially the ill and elderly—exorbitant prices to manage the regime’s ballooning deficit. It’s an economic strategy that comes at the expense of Iran’s most vulnerable citizens.
The skyrocketing medicine prices are yet another symptom of a collapsing regime that prioritizes ideological hegemony and foreign terror proxies over the basic needs of its own people. As Tehran pours billions into Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, Iranians are being left to choose between hunger and healthcare.
What’s unfolding is not just a public health emergency—it’s a moral failure, and a stark indictment of a regime that is losing legitimacy by the day.
