Food prices in Iran said to skyrocket as conflict hits consumers
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Food prices in Iran have skyrocketed, according to Iranian news media, as fallout from the war with the United States hits consumers.
Last month, Iran’s Khabar Online news agency reported an “unprecedented” hike in food prices over the past year, adding that this has become a “major public concern” in Iran. The prices of certain food items have increased by 300% to 400%, it said.
Rajanews, an Iranian news website with ties to a hard-line political faction, claimed that food prices in Iran have tripled since the start of President Mahmoud Pezeshkian’s term in July 2024.
The price of vegetable oil has shot up by 431% from May 2025 to May 2026, according to Khabar Online, while the price of eggs has increased by 342%. The price of chicken has increased by a similar amount, it said.
The news outlet pointed to the Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran in June 2025, as well as the current US-Iranian conflict, as major reasons for the hike in food prices.
Overall, the latest year-on-year inflation has hit the Iranian province of Hormozgan the hardest, with a rate of 101.4%. The province, of which the port city of Bandar Abbas is the capital, borders the Strait of Hormuz.
The provinces of Khuzestan and Bushehr are next, with inflation rates of 98.9% and 96.5% respectively, Iran’s Nournews, which is affiliated with the government’s Supreme National Security Council, reported.
