Iran war reaches 6-month mark: Conflict cost $1,100 per US taxpayer

After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready for a potentially long confrontation with the US and determined to prevent any unrest at home. It’s a far cry from US President Donald Trump’s initial hopes of toppling the Islamic Republic and his subsequent claims that “regime change” had brought more compromising officials to the fore. In an analysis, FRANCE 24's Philip Turle s...

By FRANCE24

New U.S. sanctions will hit ordinary Iranians hard. That may be the whole point as the crashing economy stirs fresh protests

"Digital assets and gold are how ordinary Iranians protect their savings from inflation."

By Jason Ma

War weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions

Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the US, ‌with the supreme leader urging the government to address the hardship and the president saying foreign trade has shrunk by a third due to the American sanctions and blockade. Yet Tehran signaled no retreat Saturday, vowing to withstand US pressure, pursue diplomacy and maintain what it said was control over the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway giving Iran leverage through its ability ‌to disrupt global energy market

By The Korea Herald

War weighs on Iran’s economy as U.S. intensifies sanctions

Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the U.S., but Tehran has vowed to withstand U.S. pressure.

6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent - Arab News

6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent  Arab News