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'I make a thousand dollars a month,' Iran's president says

Feb 12, 2026, 10:31 GMT+0

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, a physician-turned-politician, said in the olden days a doctor working in a remote area made six thousand dollars a month while “as president, now I make a thousand dollars a month.”

Iran’s economy has faced accelerating inflation and a sharp currency slide in recent years, deepening pressure on households.

When Pezeshkian took office in July 2025, the exchange rate was around 600,000 rials to the US dollar. Today, it has weakened to more than 1,600,000 rials per dollar.

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