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Radiofarda – As the first round of reimposed U.S. sanctions against Iran takes effect, the Iranian economy is taking a beating, and Iran’s leaders are expressing concern about maintaining social cohesion in the face of increasing economic pressures.

Radiofarda – The coordination council of the workers and personnel of Iranian railways and technical constructions maintenance has issued a statement, insisting that their strike will continue until all their demands are meted out.

Radiofarda – The European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the EU is encouraging enterprises to increase their business with Iran, as that country has been compliant with their nuclear-related commitments.

Al-Arabia – Recently Iran has had a hard time of it. In addition to the United States restoring sanctions as a consequence to pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the domestic protests in Iran have spread to every province and the Iranian rial is nearly in freefall, hitting a record low of 120,000 to the dollar last week.

RFL/RE – A first wave of tough sanctions the United States is reimposing on Iran has gone into effect as Washington and Tehran continued to exchange warnings over the far-reaching measures.