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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran's Books Shrink as US Sanctions Bite

Iranians walk past a bookshop window in Tehran, on January 29, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

For literature lovers in sanction-hit Iran, a new novel has long provided a brief respite from a grinding economic crisis triggered by international pressure imposed over Tehran's contested nuclear program.

But now losing yourself in a good book is becoming harder, as cash-strapped publishers struggle because the price of paper is soaring.

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