"Look, this poor fellow," Mahmoud, a coffee shop owner in Iran's capital Tehran, murmured to himself after receiving the latest list of raw coffee prices.
In less than one month, the raw coffee prices went up five times, he sighed.
Even he doubled the price of each coffee shot, he can't make enough profit to sustain his business.
Mahmoud's story mirrors the impact of U.S. sanctions on his country. Click video and find out more.
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