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Navigation menu US-Israel war on Iran Tehran, Iran – Each trip to the supermarket brings an unpleasant surprise for Leyla, a pensioner who lives in western Tehran. “You find yourself comparing prices to just a few weeks or months ago,” she said. Just a tub of ice cream and yoghurt cost her about 10 million rials (just over $5), added Leyla, who on Tuesday received 180 million rials ($94) as her monthly pension. “And that’s the amount I get after a 40 percent increase from the government this year – but it doesn’t even begin to cover the essentials,” she said. A mix of decades-old economic structural issues, coupled with limitations imposed by local authorities and the compounding damage inflicted by a war launched by the United States and Israel in February, just months after a 12-day conflict with Israel, continues to make life more difficult for Iranians.
Published: July 21, 2026 5:51 pm
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