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๐จ๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Some medicines in Iran have more than TRIPLED in price as the US blockade chokes off imports A Tehran welder spent two days going pharmacy to pharmacy for his 12-year-old daughter's four prescriptions, never found one of them, and lost two days of pay doing it: "My daught
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Blockade-driven medicine shortages show sanctions biting Iranian imports, raising regional escalation risk.
Sanctions pressure on Iran raises regional tension
Iranian retaliation or talks
Humanitarian framing, unclear market channel
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๐จ๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Some medicines in Iran have more than TRIPLED in price as the US blockade chokes off imports A Tehran welder spent two days going pharmacy to pharmacy for his 12-year-old daughter's four prescriptions, never found one of them, and lost two days of pay doing it: "My daughter's illness and the loss of income are like scissors, cutting from two sides." Tehran built its resistance economy for exactly this kind of siege, but the last time sanctions gutted the currency it signed the 2015 nuclear deal, and two of its biggest protest waves in recent years started over prices. Pain like this at the pharmacy counter should push the regime toward a deal, even as it blames America for every empty shelf... right? Source: TOI / Writer: Daniel
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