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Iranians face soaring prices for medicine as the US blockade and sanctions hit hard

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Medication prices in Iran are rising and treatments are becoming scarce as U.S. sanctions and a blockade impact the country's pharmaceutical industry.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Medication prices are soaring in Iran and some treatments have become hard to find, leaving patients and their families scrambling as a U.S. blockade and stepped-up sanctions squeeze the country’s pharmaceuticals industry. Some medicines have more than tripled in price, further squeezing Iranians’ finances seven months into the country’s war with...

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