Iranians bemoan sanctions hardship as vote approaches

http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1326407570.html(Reuters) – Each day that he struggles to buy food for his family, vegetable seller Hasan Sharafi shoulders part of the burden of Iran’s defiance of the West over its nuclear programme. He can hardly bear it.

“Prices are going up every day, life is expensive. I buy chicken or meat once per month. I used to buy it twice per week,” the father of four said in Iran’s central city of Isfahan.

“Sometimes I want to kill myself. I feel desperate. I do not earn enough to feed my children.”  Read more

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  1. Sanctions always hit the wrong people. The leaders have sufficient ‘reserves’ to continue their life style. Sanctions should be considered lack of Human Rights. He demands sanctions should be referred to the International Criminal Court.

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