For many Iranians, the high cost of food items have forced them to become ‘involuntary vegetarians,” as they cannot afford meat or poultry for their families. All Iranian residents who spoke to FoxNews.com did so under the condition their full names would not be disclosed, for fear of retribution from the government.
Crippling sanctions imposed by the west have taken Iran’s economy from gradual recession to all-out freefall, and the people are feeling it in the form of skyrocketing food prices that have all but taken meat off their tables.
As lawmakers and the Obama administration debate further tightening the vise amid nuclear negotiations with the Iranian regime, it’s the people of Iran that are carrying the burden of economic hardship in every aspect of daily life. Several interviewed by FoxNews.com said runaway inflation is threatening to put food and medicine out of their reach.
“People are suffocating under the sanctions,” said Marjan S., who spoke from Tehran. “The cost of rent in Tehran and in big cities have skyrocketed, and the price of meat and basic food items are increasing almost every single day.”
For many Iranians, the high cost of food items have forced them to become ‘involuntary vegetarians,” as they cannot afford meat or poultry for their families. All Iranian residents who spoke to FoxNews.com did so under the condition their full names would not be disclosed, for fear of retribution from the government.
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