‘Red meat is a dream’: Iran inflation hits highest level since World War II

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Jun 05, 2026 · 1609 words · By Resul Al-Haei

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‘Red meat is a dream’: Iran inflation hits highest level since World War II The war with the US is not the only factor driving prices skywards.

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What happened

‘Red meat is a dream’: Iran inflation hits highest level since World War II The war with the US is not the only factor driving prices skywards.

Why it matters

Tehran, Iran – In the popular Bastan market in the west of the Iranian capital, where the inviting smell of fresh bread and fruit mingle with the sight of colourful fabrics and clothing, the scene no longer holds its usual joy.

Common ground

Passersby wander among the vendors’ stalls, carefully turning goods over only to return them to their places.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What terms are actually in the Iran proposal, and which side would have to compromise first?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that with a monthly increase of 8.5 percent compared with the previous month?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “with a monthly increase of 8.5 percent compared with the previous month”

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One source ('Inflation Shock') mentions point-to-point inflation reached 77.2%, up 10.2 percentage points from the previous month, which contradicts the claim of an 8.5 percent monthly increase.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... A comparison of these statistics with previous months also reveals an accelerating inflationary trend. Point-to-point inflation, which stood ...
https://iranwire.com/en/news/153175-irans-one-year-goods-inf…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... According to the CBI, point-to-point inflation reached 77.2% in Ordibehesht 1405, up 10.2 percentage points from the previous month. Point-to- ...
https://financialtribune.com/node/119727

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web search NEUTRAL — May 12, 2026 ... We haven't even seen the worst of Iran and gas prices. Let's see profits take the hit this time . 8w · 5 likes.
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/inflation-rose-for-a-…

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Claim 2: “a bottle of cooking oil was about 700,000 rials ($0.51) until the spring of last year, but its price has now reached more than 3 million rials ($2.18)”

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The specific price jump for cooking oil (700,000 to 3 million rials) is mentioned in one detailed report ('Red meat is a dream'). Other sources discuss cooking oil price surges generally but do not confirm these specific numbers.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Memorandum, officially the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran, was a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Memorandum

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Claim 3: “Furthermore, point-to-point inflation for goods reached 113 percent.”

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Two independent sources ('Red meat is a dream' and 'Iran's 77% inflation crisis') explicitly state that point-to-point inflation for goods reached 113 percent.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In military strategy, a choke point (or chokepoint), or sometimes bottleneck, is a geographical feature on land such as a valley, defile, isthmus or bridge, or maritime passage through a critical wate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_point

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The dew point is the temperature that air, of a constant absolute humidity and pressure, must be cooled to in order for the relative humidity to rise to 100%. This temperature is a thermodynamic prope…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A solstice is the time when the Sun reaches its most northerly or southerly sun path relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere. Two solstices occur annually, around 20–22 June and 20–2…
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Claim 4: “A new report by the Central Bank of Iran revealed a historic jump in the annual inflation rate, reaching 77.2 percent year-on-year in the period between April 21 and May 20”

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Multiple independent web sources (including 'Inflation Shock' and 'Iran's annual inflation rate reaches 53.9%') confirm the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) reported point-to-point inflation reached 77.2% for the specified period (Ordibehesht, which corresponds to the April/May timeframe).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bank Melli Iran (BMI; Persian: بانک ملّی ایران, romanized: Bānk-e Melli-ye Irān, lit. 'National Bank of Iran') is a leading commercial bank in Iran, headquartered in Tehran. It was established in 1928…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Melli_Iran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI; Persian: بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ايران, romanized: Bank Markazi-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān; SWIFT Code: BMJIIRTH), also known as Bank Markazi,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Iran

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Claim 5: “A kilo of rice was about 1.8 million rials ($1.31), but today it has crossed the 5-million-rial ($3.63) threshold”

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The specific price jump for rice (1.8 million to 5 million rials) is mentioned in one detailed report ('Red meat is a dream'). While other sources mention general food price explosions, they do not provide these specific figures to corroborate.

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web search NEUTRAL — The rial had dropped to its lowest value ever, trading at 1,750,000 rials to one US dollar, with the Minister of Finance blaming the impact of the Twelve-Day ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_economic_crisis

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... “A year ago, a kilo of rice was about 1.8 million rials ($1.31), but today it has crossed the 5-million-rial ($3.63) threshold,” he tells Al ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/5/red-meat-is-a-dream-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 16, 2026 ... While wages have stagnated, the cost of living has exploded, especially food prices. And that brings us back to rice. According to data from the ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTkyvK1k5WT/?hl=en

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Claim 6: “This is Iran’s highest inflation rate since 1942, during World War II”

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The claim that this is the highest inflation rate since 1942 during WWII is explicitly reported in multiple web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known domestically as Sepah or Pasdaran and internationally as Iranian Revolutionary Guards, is a multi-service primary force of the Iranian Armed Fo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The nuclear program of Iran consists of an extensive infrastructure of research sites, uranium mines, research reactors, uranium processing facilities, enrichment sites, the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran

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