Masud has been forced to sell off his household appliances in order to survive Iran's deepening economic crisis.The United States and Israel's bombing campaign has left much of Iran's infrastructure and industries in tatters, fueling runaway inflation and joblessness."We have sold our furniture just to get by," Masud, a resident of the capital Tehran, told RFE/RL's Radio Farda using a pseudonym for fear of retribution. "We gathered electrical appliances from the house, took carpets and things like that, and sold them."Masud, who is now unemployed, also makes sandwiches at home to sell on the Tehran subway."I took my juicer and sold it just to pay the electricity, phone, and building maintenance bills," he said.'Running Out Of Money'Masud is not alone. Millions of Iranians are grappling with the economic fallout from the three-month-long war.Years of international sanctions and government mismanagement had already crippled Iran's economy. Now, the country of 90 million people is confronting a complete economic collapse."People are worried about running out of money," Tehran-based economist Javad Rahimpour told Radio Farda. "Many are eating into their savings. You can see it on the street level: Movement has decreased and incomes have fallen."
Iranians Have 'Become Poor' As War Shatters Already Reeling Economy
Families sharing single meals. Appliances sold to pay utility bills. Businesses gutted. Four Iranians inside the country describe an economy in freefall.
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