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Tag: Cost of living
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Iran’s Vanishing State: Inflation, Boycotts, and “Statelessness”
Post-war price shocks expose a hollowed-out state: officials shrug, markets rule, boycotts spread, and society faces intensified repression alongside the risk—and possibility—of rupture. After…
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“Life Out of Control”: Iranians Confront Sanctions’ Daily Toll
As snapback sanctions bite, Iranians describe rising prices, shrinking wages, and a loss of control over their lives—“working hard when nothing happens,” one says,…