According to a survey by the Iranian Student Public Opinion Research Institute (ISPA), which operates underneath the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR), roughly 92% of the inhabitants is dissatisfied with the scenario within the nation.
In current days, a number of home media shops have reported among the ISPA’s findings assessing the “authorities’s success.”
Full outcomes haven’t been printed.
The survey was performed final 12 months forward of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s go to to 16 states, in response to the pinnacle of communications on the presidential palace. The objective was to measure public satisfaction with native authorities officers and assess whether or not public calls for had been being successfully addressed.
Tehran-based information company Ruidad 24, which printed among the information, reported that round 92% of respondents had been dissatisfied with the present scenario within the nation.
Previous experiences cited the identical numbers however supplied no further particulars.
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According to Ruidad24, the federal government of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-2013) was probably the most happy, whereas the federal government of Hassan Rouhani (2013-2021) and present President Massoud Pezeshkian (in workplace since 2024) had been the least happy.
People accustomed to the survey mentioned Tehran’s outcomes differed from these in different areas, with Ahmadinejad being much less in style within the capital.
But nationally, his authorities ranks first, adopted by Ebrahim Raisi (2021-2024), Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005) and Akbar. This was adopted by the governments of Lu Hashemi Rafsanjani (1989-1997), former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi (1981-1989), and Hassan Rouhani.
Pezeshikian’s first 12 months satisfaction places him on the backside of the listing.
Ruidad24, citing sources, confirmed the accuracy of the figures, however mentioned the choice to launch the complete report rests with ISPA, which has no plans to take action right now.
The media added that the examine was by no means supposed for public launch. It was supposed for a restricted variety of establishments and officers throughout the facility.
While the leaks up to now solely replicate authorities rankings, the complete report additionally consists of ISPA’s interpretive evaluation, which it says is extra essential than the uncooked information.
Mohammad Javad Javadi Yeganeh, Social Adviser and Head of Public Affairs on the President’s Office, wrote on Instagram that the present authorities’s low rating doesn’t essentially point out weak efficiency, however slightly displays broader financial and social circumstances.
He added that the survey commissioned by the presidential workplace was aimed toward gauging public sentiment towards the political system as an entire, slightly than particularly evaluating the administration.
Djawadi Yegane additionally defined that the ballot was performed to evaluate the satisfaction degree of native officers earlier than the president’s go to to the area. Most respondents rated the efficiency of state workers as “worse than common,” and 59% mentioned their legislators had been performing poorly, in response to a chart he shared.
He identified that President Pezechikian considers the excessive degree of dissatisfaction among the many inhabitants as an indication of deficiencies within the authorities’s efficiency.
“The Iranian president has not tried to reinterpret the outcomes, modify the questions, or change the sampling methodology,” Javadi-Yeganeh mentioned. “Instead, he believes that acknowledging the criticism is step one to addressing it, and future investigations will purpose to measure whether or not enhancements have been made.”
Other research have reached comparable conclusions. A 2022 ballot by the Institute for Statistics evaluating six politicians additionally discovered Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be the preferred and Hassan Rouhani the least in style.