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Iranian families struggle to buy daily necessities, as the US increases economic pressure.

Iranian families struggle to buy daily necessities, as the US increases economic pressure.

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August 21st, 2026

Iranian families struggle to buy daily necessities, as the US increases economic pressure.

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The grocery stores in Tehran have enough food.

德黑蘭的雜貨店足夠的食物

But many families cannot buy basic things.

很多家庭買不起基本的東西

The unemployment rate is rising fast.

失業率上升很快

People with jobs work longer hours. But they earn only half of what they did a year ago.

有工作的人工作時間更長賺的錢只有一年前的一半

Karimi is 52 years old and is a taxi driver.

卡里米52歲計程車司機

He works 15 hours every day.

每天工作15小時

He says they do not buy fruit or protein.

他們不買水果,不買蛋白質

They even work on weekends.

他們週末工作

The war between Iran, the US, and Israel has lasted for almost six months.

伊朗美國以色列的戰爭已經進行了將近六個月

Sanctions and stopping ships at sea have hurt the economy badly.

制裁海上的封鎖嚴重傷害了經濟

Selling oil has become very hard.

賣石油變得非常困難

Iran attacks its neighbors and US bases.

伊朗攻擊鄰國美國基地

This stops ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

擾亂了霍爾木茲海峽船隻通行

Iran wants to trade revenge for the end of sanctions.

伊朗用報復來換取制裁的解除

The Trump government says it will put harder sanctions in place.

川普政府要實施更嚴厲的制裁

But experts doubt if Iran will be beaten soon.

專家懷疑伊朗會不會很快被打敗

Iran has partly gotten around the sanctions for many years.

伊朗多年來已經部分繞過制裁

They increased local production and used informal trade networks and hidden ships.

他們增加國內生產使用非正式的貿易網絡隱藏的船隊

Expert Kahalzad from Brandeis University said Iran's ability to resist kept economic pain from becoming political pressure.

布蘭迪斯大學專家卡哈爾扎德伊朗的抵抗能力經濟痛苦沒有變成政治壓力

The International Monetary Fund predicts Iran's inflation will rise. This will be by almost 70 percent by the end of this year.

國際貨幣基金組織預測伊朗的通膨率今年底會上升將近70%

The economy is expected to shrink by more than 5 percent.

經濟預計會萎縮超過5%

Within three months of the war, more than one million jobs were lost.

戰爭開始三個月內已經有超過100萬個工作消失

Iran's president, Pezeshkian, said he prefers to end the war through talks.

伊朗總統佩澤什基安他傾向用談判結束戰爭

But the Revolutionary Guard is pushing for bigger concessions.

革命衛隊施壓要求更大的讓步

The supreme leader, Khamenei, named a former Guard commander to lead the national security council.

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

This shows he supports a hard line.

這顯示他贊成強硬路線

Taxi driver Karimi says people cannot keep living like this.

計程車司機卡里米人們無法繼續這樣生活

They are just breathing, surviving, and trying to get through each day.

他們只是在呼吸在生存努力度過一天又一天

August 21st, 2026

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