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Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of US and Israeli bombing<\/a> and a deadly crackdown on protesters in January remain daunted by the future, as damage from air strikes \u2060and internet cuts take a toll.<\/p>\n

With talks expected on extending a truce and agreeing an end to the conflict, shops, restaurants and government offices have stayed open. On sunny spring mornings, city parks are busy with picnicking families and young people playing sports, while others gather at streetside cafes.<\/p>\n

But behind such peaceful scenes, Iran<\/a>\u2019s economy is in tatters and people are fearful of a new government clampdown and angry about the destructive air strikes. The difficulties that spurred mass unrest in January look likely to worsen.Iran\u2019s foreign minister on Friday said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire accord for Lebanon<\/a>, while US President Donald Trump<\/a> said he believed \u200ca deal to end the Iran war would come soon.\"AnAn Iranian woman walks her dog on a street in Tehran during the ceasefire on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war will end, but that\u2019s when our real problems with the system begin. I\u2019m very afraid that if the regime reaches an agreement with the United States, it will increase pressure on ordinary people,\u201d a 37-year-old named Fariba who took part in the January unrest said by phone from Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of US and Israeli bombing and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[41,26400,11687,38,26401,26404,34,386,37,13445,93,26402,26403,101,51,1705],"class_list":["post-71296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-culture-and-islamic-guidance-ministry","tag-dawn","tag-donald-trump","tag-fariba","tag-hossein-rassam","tag-iran","tag-iranians","tag-israel","tag-january","tag-lebanon","tag-omid-memarian","tag-sara","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states","tag-washington"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116424561424006111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}