Iran's Pezeshkian admits US sanctions are hurting economy

Iran's Pezeshkian admits US sanctions are hurting economy

Iran's Pezeshkian admits US sanctions are hurting economy Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian admits that US sanctions on his country are hurting its economy, despite just days ago insisting they would achieve nothing. Pezeshkian told state media that foreign trade had shrunk by nearly 35% because of U.S. sanctions and a naval blockade of Iranian ports. Iran sold about 90 million barrels of oil during the short-lived…