Ashkan Nizambadi, an economic journalist, said that Iran's economy is suffering from an inflationary stagnation with negative growth and inflation of almost 90%. According to him, Masoud Mazikian's government does not have the authority and power required to make decisions on macroeconomic issues, and curbing inflation is not possible without changes in macro policy and reducing unproductive government spending. Nizamabadi also considered withdrawing from the implementation of the fourth rate of petrol as a result of the decision-makers' fear of the social and security implications of the price increase. He added that instead of raising the price of gasoline all at once, the government resorted to a gradual reduction of quotas and limited changes; According to him, the policy had no significant financial results.