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U.S. officials claim that Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions against Iran does not affect ordinary Iranians. However, the sanctions have been felt heavily on the streets of Iran. A report from @melissaetehad and @rmost12: lat.ms/344bokE
Iran’s most vulnerable citizens are suffering the brunt of a drop in foreign investments and oil exports, massive inflation, a plummeting currency and rising prices for food, clothing and medicine. 📸: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images lat.ms/344bokE 
No longer able to afford fresh food, some Iranians in middle-class neighborhoods have resorted to buying rotting tomatoes, grapes, apples and peaches that grocery store salesmen put aside every day at dusk. 📸: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images lat.ms/344bokE
Some citizens have given up and abandoned Iran, and others hope to follow. “Give me a good reason to stay in my country,” one engineer said. “What will I achieve 10 years from now? I’d rather try my chance somewhere else.” lat.ms/344bokE
