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A broken economy and an emboldened regime: Iranians abandoned to endure fallout from war

The US-Israel war has damaged Iranians’ livelihoods, emboldened the regime, and left many exhausted by uncertainty, repression, and economic collapse fears. Some who hoped foreign intervention would unseat the regime now question its cost, as inflation, job losses, generational divisions, and children’s militarization under the regime deepen trauma, while Trump’s shifting rhetoric and ceasefire uncertainty fuel despair.