Iran’s president says country faces ‘many problems’ as US ramps up sanctions

Tehran’s acknowledgment of economic hardships comes a day before US expected to announce further measuresAuthorities in Tehran have acknowledged that the Iranian people are facing “many problems” as the US intensifies its efforts to isolate the country’s economy with a range of sanctions that Donald Trump has called “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country”.Speaking on Sunday, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said Trump had thrust his country into “a full-scale economic, military and security war”. Continue reading...