Economics
A Mother’s Pain Bares the Rifts Tearing Iran Apart
The shooting down of a passenger jet by Iran’s military last month brutally encapsulated the plight of the country’s middle class.
Candlelight vigil for victims of Flight 752 in Tehran.
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When Hassan Rouhani was elected president of Iran in 2013, supporters pinned their hopes on him to revive the country’s fortunes and rehabilitate its relationship with the rest of the world.
For retired teacher Manzar Zarabi, that hope crumbled into more insecurity, economic stagnation—and then unspeakable loss with the shooting down of an airplane that killed four close members of her family.