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Iran, protests, and sanctions

2026-02-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·33m 18s ·by NPR
Iran, protests, and sanctions
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About this episode

Book tour tickets and details here . The recent protests in Iran are about so many things. Human rights, corruption, freedom. But this time – they are also motivated by economic hardship. Hardship caused, in part, by US sanctions. The US has been sanctioning Iran in one way or another for 47 years.