Nearly six months after military conflicts broke out involving the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic, a reinstated US naval blockade off Iran's southern coast has brought the nation’s primary commercial lifelines to a virtual halt.
Following a brief one-month pause after the Islamabad Memorandum, maritime enforcement resumed in mid-July. Since then, the chokehold on the Persian Gulf has disrupted over 80% of Iran's heavy imports and non-oil exports.
With official inflation nearing 70% — and point-to-point food inflation surging to an unprecedented 128% in recent history — alongside a nearly 40% drop in non-oil trade compared to pre-war levels, ordinary citizens are left carrying the crushing financial weight.
In an exclusive series of interviews with Euronews Farsi, Iranian citizens across various sectors described how the blockade has dismantled their livelihoods, forced household austerity, and reshaped daily life.
Stranded cargo and soaring freight rates
