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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Deepa Parent

‘Everyone is angry for different reasons’: scepticism in Iran as peace deal nears

People walking in the street in Tehran
People in Tehran this week. There is a ‘shared sense of exhaustion, and anger that nothing has really changed’. Photograph: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

In the rural town of Sirik, in southern Iran, temperatures over the past week have climbed to 45C (113F), and residents were still queueing to fill buckets of water days after US strikes reportedly damaged two drinking water facilities serving nearby villages.

Amid the water shortages and the looming fear of war came news of a possible deal between Washington and Tehran. But for those struggling to pick up the pieces in the aftermath, the announcement brought little relief.

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