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From Independent RSS Feed: Soaring inflation and plummeting economy test Iran's ability to withstand war and US blockade

The US-Israeli war against Iran, far from encouraging a popular uprising, has strengthened the regime’s grip and set back the cause of Iranian freedom indefinitely.

Iran’s red lines on restarting Middle East peace talks with the US have changed, Assistant Professor at Tehran University Elham Kadkhodaee says

Iran has cut off its access to the global internet. To find an internet connection, some Iranians are traveling across the border with Turkey — even just to make video calls and then go back home.

Zahra is cleaning the windows of her flat for Nowruz, the 3,000-year-old festival marking the arrival of spring and with it the start of the Iranian New Year.

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Donald Trump had issued an ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz - the narrow passage whose closure has caused the price of oil to spike across the world - or face the wrath of the US in the shape of attacks on its power plants.

On the Iran-Turkey border a man sells a service that helps Iranians outside their country keep in touch with loved ones inside.

The first reports appeared on foreign screens, beyond the reach of most Iranians.

Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer of white after air strikes on oil depots caused days of dark skies and black rain.

As the bombing in Iran continues, the country's inhabitants are facing tough choices about whether to remain in the country.

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran's new supreme leader and successor to his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war with the US and Iran.

The border separating Iran and Turkey is one of the few ways journalists have been able to speak to people coming out of Iran, with those leaving telling the BBC they feel unsafe and scared.

"The number of explosions, the destruction, what is happening - it's unbelievable," says Salar, whose name has been changed.

Photos: Thousands of Iranians turn out to mourn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

Celebrations broke out in the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday as word spread that Iran's supreme leader was presumed to be killed in attacks.