The spokesman for the Pharmacists' Association reported a worsening shortage of essential psychiatric drugs due to disruptions in raw-material imports, and the spokesman for parliament's health committee said patients have been identified who sell the medicine they receive to make ends meet.
According to The New York Times, public- and private-sector employees in Iran, including nurses and teachers, are announcing on social media that they are quitting because their pay is inadequate; meanwhile Mohsen Rezaei admitted in a meeting of the government's economic headquarters that the situation is unprecedentedly difficult.
According to Reuters, citing Kpler data, Middle East crude exports reached 19.5 to 22.5 million barrels per day on four days of the last week of September, exceeding the pre-war average; at the same time, attacks on tankers have intensified.
In a directive to banks, the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic has said that granting any direct or indirect credit, even through digital platforms, for buying gold, foreign currency or cryptocurrency is prohibited, and that managers who break the rule will be referred to the judiciary.
The first flight by an Iranian airline landed at Najaf airport on Sunday, 4 October; the United States has allowed Iraq to receive 40 Iranian flights a day to the city, with the exception of Mahan Air.
Mohammad Sharifi-Moghaddam, secretary-general of the Nurses' House, says that at the current dollar rate nurses' average pay has fallen to about $100 a month, around 70,000 nurses are staying at home and a wave of resignations in the profession is continuing.
Exchange rates on Tehran's open market broke records again on Sunday, 4 October: the dollar passed 272,000 tomans and the euro 307,000 tomans, and the Emami gold coin reached about 275 million tomans, while Iran's oil exports have effectively come to a standstill.
