In Iran, economic struggles trump fears of US confrontation.
Battered by U.S. sanctions and its depreciating rial currency, Iran's 80 million people struggle to buy meat, medicine and other staples of daily life. Now they wonder aloud about America's intentions as it rushes an aircraft carrier and other forces to the region over a still-unexplained threat it perceives from Iran.
"Trump is not predictable at all and one doesn't know how to react to him and what is the right thing to do against him," said Afra Hamedzadeh, a 20-year-old civil servant and university student."Since he controls the global economy we are somehow left with few options." A young nation, many across Iran were alive for its bloody 1980s war with Iraq, a conflict that began when dictator Saddam Hussein invaded and dragged on for eight years. That war, in which Saddam used chemical weapons and Iran launched human wave attacks, killed 1 million people.
"I would encourage my three sons and grandsons to go to defend Iran too," said Moghaddam, a 58-year-old welder."I think the government should do something to avoid war," Mirzaei said."If war was good, then Afghanistan and Iraq would not be the mess that we see on TV.""I think both sides will be losers if they fight each other," Hadavand said."I think there are wise people on both sides to advocate peace, not war.
"The economic situation is very bad, very bad. Unemployment is very high, and those who had jobs have lost theirs," said Sadeghi, the housewife."Young people can't find good jobs, or get married, or become independent." But such negotiations will be difficult, said Reza Forghani, a 51-year-old civil servant. He said Iran needed to get the U.S. to"sign a very firm contract that they can't escape and have to honor." Otherwise, Iran should drop out of the nuclear deal.
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