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How Iran, suffering under sanctions, diversified its economy
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Tehran’s skyline on April 2. Iran has exchanged goods with more than 170 nations since 2019, even as international restrictions have fuelled inflation, soaring unemployment and civil unrest.
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Patricia Cohen and Robert Gebeloff
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LONDON/NEW YORK – For nearly 50 years, Iran has been treated as an outlaw, earning a spot as one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world for its nuclear and weapons programmes, its support for terrorism, its human rights abuses and more.
