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A shopkeeper arranges nuts at his shop at Tajrish traditional bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, August 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 22, 2026, 2:45 am
Iranians struggle to afford the basics as US ratchets up economic warfare
Iranians say they are forced to work more hours, cut back on groceries and leisure to make ends meet; experts skeptical if Tehran can be pressured into making concessions
By MEHDI FATTAHI and David Rising
A man rides on his motorbike past a billboard with a message that reads in Farsi: 'We must rise up' and an image of the late Iranian supreme leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, August 15, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
August 17, 2026, 9:06 pm
Battered by war, Iran’s rulers wary of renewed unrest if US tightens pressure
As the public deals with a deteriorating economic situation and bleak outlook, officials say that masses could take to the streets in protest if conditions worsen
By Reuters
A fruit seller arranges fruits at his stall at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 17, 2026, 3:17 pm
Iranians beset by uncertainty, financial woes amid stepped-up hostilities with US
Facing soaring prices and escalating airstrikes, many Iranians feel their future is in flux but are nevertheless reluctant to leave the country, citing family ties, hope for change
By Reuters
A commuter walks past a billboard bearing pictures of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along a street in Baghdad on July 2, 2026, ahead of his funeral in Tehran. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
July 3, 2026, 4:27 pm
‘Extravagant ceremony for a dictator’: Some Iranians will avoid Khamenei’s funeral
Tehran locals say streets are empty, nighttime checkpoints are back as many fear dangerous crowds, potential attacks; others lament lavish government spending while people suffer
By AFP
Policemen walk in front of a huge banner showing Iranian flag at the Islamic Revolution square in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
June 15, 2026, 11:52 pm
As war ends, Iran’s regime now has to face its own angry, embittered people
‘The moment the war ends, the actual problems for Iran’s clerical establishment will start,’ says expert, as Iranians emerge from months of war with economy in tatters
By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. pose outside Nasdaq in Times Square in New York on August 13, 2025 as World Liberty Financial and ALT5 Sigma ring the Nasdaq Stock Market opening bell. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
May 18, 2026, 12:49 pm
How Trump and Iran use the same industry networks for their growing crypto empires
Data shows Iran’s crypto exchange has processed at least $2.3 billion on the same two blockchains that the Trump family used to prop up their fledgling World Liberty Financial
By Tom Wilson and Gavin Finch
An Iranian man walks past an anti-US and anti-Israel mural painted on a wall, in Tehran, Iran, on May 10, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
May 10, 2026, 7:18 pm
Iranian businesses said resorting to mass layoffs amid wartime economic struggles
According to New York Times, business leaders warn 3.5 million industrial jobs at risk, several tech firms shut down due to internet blackout, with others laying off hundreds
By ToI Staff
Iranians shop at a street market in Tehran, Iran, on April 15, 2026. (AFP)
April 19, 2026, 8:28 pm
Weary Iranians expect no postwar respite under entrenched regime
Citizens fear that an agreement with the US will embolden the Islamist rulers, further eroding their rights, while the effects of war on the economy, infrastructure linger
By Parisa Hafezi and ANGUS MCDOWALL
Rescue forces inspect the impact site where an Iranian missile struck in a residential neighborhood of Petah Tikva on April 2, 2026. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 2, 2026, 5:56 pm
Israel comes under repeated missile fire on Passover as Tehran vows ‘crushing’ blows
Attacks launched by Iran, Houthis and Hezbollah cause few injuries; major Iranian bridge hit in American strikes as US president threatens to bomb Iran ‘back to Stone Ages’
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Journalists stand next to the wreckage of vehicles during the visit of a car service centre in eastern Tehran that was apparently hit by a missile strike, on March 28, 2026.(ATTA KENARE / AFP) /
March 28, 2026, 3:41 pm
‘No dreams, no joy’: Iranians struggle amid war, economic collapse, regime controls
Civilians describe explosions, internet blackout, deteriorating businesses as trauma of conflict comes on top of January crackdown; concern a US deal could entrench regime ‘on steroids’
By Agencies
An advertisement for Bitcoin cryptocurrency is displayed on a street in Hong Kong, on Feb. 17, 2022. (AP/Kin Cheung)
March 27, 2026, 11:06 am
Iranian regime, civilians turn to cryptocurrency for financial security amid war
While some citizens are switching to digital currencies to protect their assets, experts say the sheer amount of money being transferred indicates regime actors are following suit
By Lucie Lequier
Commuters wait for their train at a metro station in Iran's capital Tehran on January 24, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 24, 2026, 7:48 pm
Iran’s internet shutdown brings major costs as online businesses severed from world
Over two weeks since regime cut country off from the global internet, Iranian reports are being optimistic that the blackout won’t last much longer, ‘otherwise, it will backfire’
By Ramin Khanizadeh
Shops are closed during protests in Tehran's centuries-old main bazaar, Iran, January 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
January 13, 2026, 6:09 am
Iran’s merchants, bankrollers of 1979 revolution, turn against clerics
Trader class frustrated at regime over failing economy, battered by US sanctions and under tight control of IRGC
By Parisa Hafezi
Iranian protesters seen marching and torching regime-owned vehicles, statues and structures in Tehran on January 8, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 9, 2026, 2:24 pm
‘All are in the streets’: Iranians defiant as protests grow despite crackdown
‘We know that if we go out there, we might not survive, but we are going and we will go out there to have a better future,’ demonstrator says as protests swell
By AFP
Protesters gather with placards outside the gates of Downing Street to attend a London Rally in Solidarity with Iran's Uprising, organized by The Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK, in central London on January 3, 2026, to protest against the Iranian regime's crackdown on protests. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)
January 6, 2026, 11:49 pm
‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon’: Iranian unrest is about more than just the economy
A popular chant that has existed since at least 2009 signals that the protesters aren’t just frustrated by day-to-day hardships, but are rejecting the regime in its entirety
By Kamran Talattof
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