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How Iran's millennials are grappling with crippling US sanctions

  • Written by Manata Hashemi, Farzaneh Family Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies, University of Oklahoma
Within Iran's lower classes, youth culture is highly conformist.Farzin Mahmoudzadeh, Author provided

In early January, after tensions between Iran and the United States escalated to the brink of war, President Donald Trump announced a detente of sorts, stating, “The United States is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it.”

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