Iran Begins Paying Another 110 Trillion Tomans to Wheat Farmers, Lifting Total to 220.1 Trillion

Hassan Norouzi, managing director of Iran's Targeted Subsidies Organization, said on Friday, August 14, 2026 (23 Mordad 1405), according to Bourse News (citing ISNA), that the gradual disbursement of another 110 trillion tomans owed to wheat farmers began that day and will be fully paid into farmers' accounts by Sunday, August 16, 2026 (25 Mordad 1405). With this tranche, cumulative payments to Iran's wheat farmers will rise from 110.1 trillion tomans to 220.1 trillion tomans.\n\nNorouzi said that with this payment round, farmers who delivered their crop by May 5, 2026 (15 Ordibehesht 1405) will have received 95 percent of what they are owed in total; that share reaches 80 percent for farmers who delivered between May 6 and June 10, 65 percent for the June 11 to June 29 delivery window, and 37 percent for those who delivered between June 30 and August 10. He said about 98 percent of the country's wheat farmers have now received some payment, and that this round aims to speed up settlement and secure the cash flow farmers need to sustain wheat production.