@robertshermantv: (AUGUST 21): Inflation is hammering food prices in Iran, with some basic staples more than doubling in cost. According to data from Iran’s Statistical Centre, dairy prices are up 147%, meat 145%, bread 117% and overall food prices 128%. The surge comes as Iran’s economy faces mounting pressure from war, sanctions, a sharply weakened currency and growing efforts by Washington to further isolate Tehran economically. For ordinary Iranians, that pressure is increasingly showing up at the grocery store — with the cost of basic necessities rising dramatically.