“Everyday expenses have doubled,” one Tehran resident told NBC News.Graffiti depicting a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader, on the wall of a fruit shop in downtown Tehran, Iran.Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesJuly 3, 2026, 5:00 AM EDTTEHRAN, Iran — Before the war, Roya, 34, had a high-flying career as a data analyst manager at a brokerage firm in downtown Tehran. But after the U.S. and Israel began striking the country in February, she lost her job and like millions of her compatriots is now struggling to afford the basics.Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.
Inside Iran, the economic fallout from war takes a huge personal toll
“Everyday expenses have doubled,” one Tehran resident told NBC News.
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