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Iran’s economy, long accustomed to sanctions, feels new U.S. pressure
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DUBAI — Lines at gas stations across Iran are growing and complaints about food prices rising. President Masoud Pezeshkian has conceded that U.S. sanctions have increased prices and cut trade. And the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has called on the government to address “economic and livelihood challenges.”
DUBAI — Lines at gas stations across Iran are growing and complaints about food prices rising. President Masoud Pezeshkian has conceded that U.S. sanctions have increased prices and cut trade. And the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, has called on the government to address “economic and livelihood challenges.”
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