"I feel like I have to start all over again. Everything I worked for, all the effort I put in, is gone. I really don't know what to do with these dollar prices. Even if the market opens again, how are we supposed to buy fabric and sell it at these rates? How can we even live? I love freedom. I want a day to come when there's freedom in Iran. But I have no hope in these protests. The protests [after the death of Mahsa Amini] in 2022 were even bigger and nothing happened."
"She dreams of being able to build a comfortable life for herself. She and her family are facing financial difficulties now, and her father, in his 70s, is still working for a meagre salary, which deeply troubles her. This uncertainty, this suspended state, is what bothers us the most. Nobody knows what's going to happen. Moien*, 40, clothing entrepreneur Moien designs and sews clothing, and owns a store selling suits and other apparel."
Mahsa lives with her family and works in fashion design, running an online page selling clothes. A planned major promotion collapsed when a prominent influencer returned the payment, halting sales and page activity. Mahsa now holds devalued money and winter fabrics she cannot sell, and she reports depression and illness as a result. She wants freedom in Iran but has little hope in protests after past failures. Her elderly father still works for a meagre salary, deepening family financial strain. Moien, a 40-year-old clothing entrepreneur, rents a space and sells garments but describes his position as precarious and unstable, and he feels exhausted by unmet life goals.
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