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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour

Lifting of internet restrictions reveals Iranians’ anger over food inflation

A woman shops at a fruit and vegetable stand as two shopkeepers serve customers
Women shopping for fruit and vegetables in March in Iran, where food inflation has risen to between 140% and 200%. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

The partial lifting of internet restrictions in Iran has revealed a rising tide of anger about food price inflation as ordinary Iranians decry annual price increases of 308% for vegetable oil, 190% for chicken, and 170% for rice.

Iranian authorities on Tuesday began restoring the connection to the global internet that was severed on the first day of the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic on 28 February, as it had been during mass protests in January.

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