Due to pressure from Trump, a high-ranking official of the Iranian regime admitted that the country is "hungry" and "cannot survive"

The president of the Iranian Parliament acknowledged the deep economic and structural problems of the country, declaring that the Islamic Republic has its days numbered if its people go hungry and the economy continues to deteriorate.

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, one of the high-ranking officials of the regime, made these comments last week during a meeting with Iranian and Iraqi economists in Baghdad. "No matter how strong our military power is, if we are hungry, we will not be able to endure it," said the leader of the Islamic dictatorship.

This means that the financial strangulation campaign that President Trump is undertaking against the terrorist regime is yielding results, and that such an onslaught could threaten Tehran's ability to maintain national security and political stability.

Right now, the Persian country is militarized by the regime's troops, but for years there has been no economic growth, national production, or sufficient income for ordinary citizens, so the government cannot sustain security indefinitely.

Iran's inflation is around 90%, while its GDP has contracted drastically, over 1 million jobs have been lost, and oil exports are near zero due to the naval blockade imposed by Trump. Even so, the ayatollahs continue to invest heavily in ballistic missiles, drones, and other weapons and financing terrorist groups throughout the Middle East.

But Qalibaf's statements suggest that Iranian leaders are increasingly worried that their military capabilities are of little use in the face of growing economic hardship. "We are hungry, we cannot survive," summarized the media outlet Al Bawaba regarding the situation.

Qalibaf is a pilot and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran who serves as the president of the country's Parliament. He wields increasing power after the United States and Israel decimated most of the regime's chain of command in the war, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.