Pourmohammadi: Kalabarg Credit Raised 500,000 Tomans for 30 Million People; 15 Million Others Still Under Review

Hamid Pourmohammadi, head of the Plan and Budget Organization, said on Thursday 5 November 2026 (14 Aban 1405) that in the first stage of the kalabarg credit increase, 500,000 tomans per person has been added and paid into the accounts of the 30 million people who received a message and completed their details. He said about 15 million people have not yet replied to the messages and their status is being reviewed so that needy people, particularly residents of remote villages and nomadic communities without smartphones, are not left out, using village administrations, police, Basij and the Relief Committee to identify them.

Pourmohammadi stressed that no one has so far been removed from the subsidy list. He said the first group's data is under review and it may turn out that some people, for example in the tenth income decile, are not eligible for the credit. In total the status of about 45 million people is being examined, and a dynamic mechanism for revisiting cases will be set up. He said savings from energy consumption and a review of the beneficiary list could fund the 500,000-toman credit. These are the statements of the head of the Plan and Budget Organization, and the report does not give the scheme's total cost.