Soaring cost of food and essentials squeeze Iranian families amid tensions with US

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(25 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: NO USE BY BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, IRAN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATED PRESS - NO USE BY BBC PERSIAN, VOA PERSIAN, MANOTO TV, IRAN INTERNATIONAL Tehran, Iran - 25 February 2026 1. Various of customers at market 2. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Farhad Panahirad, 44, taxi driver: "The negotiations I think will lead nowhere because Mr. Trump sticks to his opinion, as do the Iranian officials. Of course some of the things they (the Iranians) are saying are true. I don't