Tehran’s municipal markets used to be notorious for their long queues, as shoppers lined up to buy meat, vegetables and fruit in bulk at discounted prices. But today the customers are far fewer. Those buying goods carefully select just enough to meet their daily needs, with soaring prices meaning low-income families struggle to make ends meet.
“God damn this regime and its corrupt rulers,” one middle-aged Iranian woman cursed as she paid for a lettuce and a cabbage. “They have sent their children to the US and Canada while making us poorer every day.”