When will it ever end?
For ordinary Iranians, daily life goes from bad to worse
THE last time fruit and chicken were luxuries in Iran was back in the 1980s, when the country was fighting against Iraq. On the whole, Iranians believed that their young Islamic Republic needed protecting from Saddam Hussein and his Western backers. Non-combatants in the big cities generally accepted shortages and other privations with patriotic stoicism.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “When will it ever end?”
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