War-Torn Economy

Rising care costs hit Iranians with spinal injuries
Surging inflation and worsening economic hardship in Iran have sharply increased the cost of hygiene and medical supplies for around 45,000 people living with spinal cord injuries, the Iranian news website Khabar Online reported on Tuesday.

Iran’s digital market buckles after war disrupts imports
Iran’s digital hardware market has yet to recover from wartime disruption, with shortages, volatile prices and rising import costs pushing laptops, mobile phones and computer parts further beyond the reach of many consumers, an economic website reported on Saturday.

Inflation pushes Iranians to buy food in installments
Rising inflation in Iran has pushed households to buy even basic food items in installments, reshaping consumer habits.
Oil pressure and economic strain drive Iran-US talks
More than six weeks after Iran disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and the United States moved to enforce a naval blockade, the confrontation increasingly appears to be entering a new phase: negotiations driven by exhaustion.
Citizens voice anger, distrust over possible US-Iran deal

Could Iran be building a Chinese-style internet system?
Iran may be moving beyond temporary internet blackouts toward something more durable: a Chinese-style system of digital control.

Iran appears set to restore internet access after 3-months blackout
Internet access in Iran appeared headed for restoration Monday as President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered a rollback of months-long restrictions and an IRGC-affiliated outlet appeared to fall in line behind the decision after initially questioning its legality.
Qatar emerges as key broker in US-Iran frozen funds dispute
The release of frozen Iranian assets has emerged as the main sticking point in talks between Iran and the United States, with officials in Tehran insisting that guaranteed access to funds must come before any preliminary agreement can move forward.

Family forced into nighttime burial after student killed in protests
Rauf Derakhshani-Mehr, a 19-year-old university student killed during January protests in the southern city of Dezful, was buried at night under pressure from security forces after his family located his body in a morgue, according to information obtained by Iran International.

Iran executes another detainee arrested during January protests
The Islamic Republic executed Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi, a detainee arrested during January protests in Isfahan province, after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence, the judiciary said on Monday.

Death sentences handed down in Iran’s Ekbatan protest case
Iran’s judiciary said several defendants in the high-profile Ekbatan case have been sentenced to death over charges linked to the killing of a Basij member during the country’s 2022 protests, despite courts acknowledging they could not determine who caused the fatal injury.
Trump vs Tehran: how not signing became the deal
US President Trump’s approach toward Iran may better be explained by the political timing of the World Cup and the culture of New York real estate dealmaking: performance, delay, leverage and spectacle.
Prospect of US-Iran deal fuels attacks on Ghalibaf
Talk of a possible agreement between Tehran and Washington has intensified political attacks on parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a central figure in Iran’s diplomatic push and a politician widely seen as backing a more pragmatic approach to negotiations.
Iran cleric says hijab should not divide wartime mobilization
A senior Iranian cleric said women without proper hijab should not be excluded from wartime gatherings, while Nour News, affiliated with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, called for reason and moderation over ideological confrontation.
Iran scrambles for Omani back channel around the Hormuz blockade
A small port on Oman’s Musandam Peninsula has become part of Iran’s workaround to the maritime blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, traders say, as goods once routed through the UAE are shifted through costlier channels.
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Tehran’s youth emerge from war more cynical, not more hopeful
On Sanaei Street in central Tehran, young people spill onto pavements and crowd around tiny tables late into the evening, smoking and laughing as if the war never happened.

Abroad they talk, at home they hang
One thing never stops here: executions. War or no war, talks or no talks, crisis or calm, the machinery moves at its own pace: steady and unbroken, as if insulated from everything else.

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