Iran’s Economy Is Buckling Under the Weight of War

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Iran's economy is severely strained by ongoing war pressures, leading to soaring inflation and sharply reduced purchasing power among citizens. Many Iranians are forced to cut back from non-essential to only basic food items as financial hardships deepen amid conflict conditions.

Every week, the shopping lists of Iranians become shorter as inflation soars and purchasing power plunges. “As things disappear from the dining table, fruit goes first, then dairy products, then anything considered non-essential,” a woman in the Iranian capital, Tehran, said in an audio message sent to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. “Ultimately, everything we buy is only essentials, but even then, nothing is affordable,” added the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons. She is among the millions of…