There is enough food in Tehran's grocery stores, but many families cannot afford basic things.
德黑蘭的雜貨店裡有足夠的食物,但許多家庭買不起基本的東西。
Unemployment is rising fast. People with jobs work longer hours. But their income is worth only half of what it was a year ago.
失業率上升得很快,有工作的人工作時間更長,但他們的收入只值一年前的一半。
Karimi, a 52-year-old taxi driver, works 15 hours every day.
52歲的計程車司機卡里米每天工作15小時。
He says they do not buy fruit or protein, and they even work on weekends.
他說他們不買水果,不買蛋白質,連週末也在工作。
The war between Iran, the US, and Israel has lasted for almost six months.
伊朗與美國和以色列的戰爭已經進行了將近六個月。
Sanctions and the naval blockade have badly hurt the economy, and oil exports have become very difficult.
制裁和海軍封鎖嚴重傷害了經濟,石油出口變得非常困難。
Iran has attacked neighboring countries and US bases, and this has disrupted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
伊朗攻擊鄰國和美國基地,擾亂了霍爾木茲海峽的航運。
They want to use pressure from revenge to get the sanctions lifted.
他們想用報復的壓力來換取制裁的解除。
The Trump administration has promised tougher sanctions, but experts doubt Iran can be quickly crushed.
川普政府承諾實施更嚴厲的制裁,但專家懷疑伊朗是否能被快速壓垮。
Iran has partly avoided sanctions for years. It increased domestic production and used informal trade networks and shadow fleets.
伊朗多年來已經部分避開制裁,增加國內生產,並使用非正式貿易網絡和影子船隊。
Brandeis University expert Kahlarzadeh says Iran's ability to resist keeps economic pain from turning into political pressure.
布蘭迪斯大學專家卡哈爾扎德說,伊朗的抵抗能力防止經濟痛苦變成政治壓力。
The International Monetary Fund predicts Iran's inflation will rise to nearly 70% by the end of this year. The economy is expected to shrink by more than 5%.
國際貨幣基金組織預測,伊朗的通膨率今年底會上升接近70%,經濟預計會萎縮超過5%。
Within three months of the war starting, over one million jobs disappeared.
戰爭開始三個月內,已經有超過100萬個工作崗位消失。
Iran's president, Pezeshkian, said he prefers to end the war through talks. But the Revolutionary Guard is pushing for bigger concessions.
伊朗總統佩澤什基安表示傾向用談判結束戰爭,但革命衛隊施壓要求更大的讓步。
The supreme leader, Khamenei, appointed a former Revolutionary Guard commander to lead the National Security Council. This shows he supports a hard line.
最高領袖哈梅內伊任命前革命衛隊指揮官領導國家安全委員會,這顯示他贊成強硬路線。
Taxi driver Karimi said people cannot keep living like this. They are just breathing, surviving, and trying to get through each day.
計程車司機卡里米說,人們無法繼續這樣生活,他們只是在呼吸、在生存,努力度過一天又一天。