Iran's economy has been pushed to the brink in the months since Pres. Trump announced he would exit the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions, as double-digit growth has been replaced by economic downturn.
On a recent evening during Ramadan, a 22-year-old carpet weaver named Mahshid left her workshop in Isfahan, Iran, and stepped into a shop to buy ingredients for a meal to break the fast. She thought about making"ghormeh sabzi," a lamb stew with herbs and beans and her husband's favorite dish, but instead she bought some potatoes and onions.
As of March, the unemployment rate of 15-to-24-years living in cities was at 31.5%, according to the official website of the quasi-government-run Statistical Center of Iran. Mahshid and her husband were married about 18 months ago, but her husband, an accountant, was laid off six months later -- around the same time the United States pulled out of the nuclear deal -- and they have had to make do on her salary alone. She spoke on the condition that only one of her names be used, so as not to embarrass her family.
“I have no time to socialize. I am becoming a lonely person," she added."I do not know how far I can tolerate this situation after years of getting training."
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