Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump has vowed to put, quote, "maximum pressure on Iran." He wants to force Iran to renegotiate a nuclear deal and change its behavior in the Middle East. Now, Iran's economy was in trouble even before the U.S. started tightening economic sanctions. NPR's Peter Kenyon wanted to find out if Iranians are feeling this economic pressure in their daily life. PETER KENYON, BYLINE: It can be risky for Iranians to be seen or heard speaking to Western media. So Armin, a high school teacher in Tehran, agrees to talk via Skype if his last name isn't used. He says prices in Iran have been rising for almost a year, but things really began to get painful this spring. ARMIN: Since, let's say, March, there has been unprecedented acceleration in the prices of everything - almost everything. KENYON: Armin says almost because the government has made sure the price of certain items, like fuel and bread, doesn't rise too much. But in
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