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Babak Kamiar

'The country is falling apart': Iranians tell Euronews how war emptied their wallets

Six months after the war between the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran erupted, the economic fallout inside Iran has reached a severe and unprecedented intensity.

While ordinary citizens previously weathered decades of international sanctions, the combination of ongoing war and a reinstated US naval blockade has paralysed everyday life, plunging the national currency into a historic tailspin and forcing families into drastic household austerity.

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