By Maryam Manzoori,Morteza Nikoubazl

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Many Iranians blame their dismal economic situation on the state’s control of key economic sectors. “Wherever you work, you are either working for the IRGC or working with them. They own everything,” said the Tehran resident, who works at a private insurance firm that he insists is actually controlled by the Iranian military arm. “They structured everything in a way that [the] economic pressure [from] Israel’s strikes against regime targets falls on the people. Inflation is high, and the government says taxes will increase. Still, we are ready, because there is no other way.”