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Feb 2020
19m 48s

No war with Iran — but no peace, either

Al Jazeera
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The US and Iran have stepped back from the edge of war. But in Iran, which is still facing more than a thousand US sanctions, normal life feels like war.

In this episode: Dorsa Jabbari in Tehran, Iran and Lili Ghazian in San Jose, California.

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