Iran enters new year in sombre mood as economic crisis bites
THE INDEPENDENT / Anne Penketh in Tehran
19-Mar-2009

It's the Iranian New Year and people have been stocking up on food and buying goldfish, the symbol of luck and prosperity, to adorn their homes. But Iranians are down on their luck this year. Three years after the election of their radical President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his populist economic policies have led to rocketing inflation and high unemployment which contributed to an electoral backlash against his supporters.

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