Al Jazeera reports that rice and cooking oil prices in Iran have risen sharply over the past year, with rice exceeding 5 million rials per kilo and cooking oil exceeding 3 million rials per bottle. A Nikkei Asia survey from June 2026 found more than half of Japanese food and daily necessities manufacturers raising or planning to raise prices due to resource costs linked to Middle East conflict, with one firm altering packaging. Retiree Mashhadi Firouz in Tehran is cited as an example of affected households.