TEHRAN, Iran — Across Iran’s capital, the talk always seems to come back to how things may get worse. Most say they believe a war will not come to the region, though they remain willing to defend their country. They think Iran should try to talk to the U.S. to help its anemic economy, even as they see President Donald Trump as an erratic and untrustworthy adversary. Since Trump withdrew the U.S. from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers last year, state television increasingly has focused attention on that war’s wounded. Iran’s rial currency traded at 32,000 to $1 at the time of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Source: Washington Post May 19, 2019 05:37 UTC