"We used to eat out twice a month," says Marjan, who lives in Iran's second largest city, Isfahan. "Now we just can't. We have to save that money to pay the rent."

For the last six years, she had been selling wooden crafts and keyrings through a page on Instagram - one of hundreds of thousands of Iranian women making a living that way.

When the government imposed an internet blackout in early January as part of a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests, these women suddenly found themselves with no income.

"Even once the internet came back, things just weren't the same." says Marjan. "Our sales used to be 300 million rials (around $185 on the open market) per month. Now it's not even 30 million rials."

She and her husband are seriously considering selling their car to pay back their loans and keep up with the rent.