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    "Iran Economy Collapse",
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  "textContent": "As inflation, unemployment, and housing costs continue to soar, millions of Iranians are being pushed from economic insecurity into outright poverty, exposing the failure of nearly five decades of regime policies. For decades, Iranians have endured recurring waves of inflation, unemployment, economic stagnation, and declining living standards. Yet what was once described as a “cost-of-living […]\n\nThe post From the Middle Class to Survival Mode: How Poverty Became Iran’s Defining Crisis appeared first on Iran News Update.",
  "title": "From the Middle Class to Survival Mode: How Poverty Became Iran’s Defining Crisis"
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