how young iranians feel about us sanctions videotranscripttranscriptwere stuck in the middle how young iranians feel about us sanctionsthe united states was the only country to leave the multilateral nuclear deal with iran the trump administration quickly moved to snap back crippling sanctions on iran we spoke with the countrys top diplomat and young iranians to see how these moves have affected their livesarash is one of the many iranians i spoke with on telegram to see how theyre dealing with us sanctions he says hes having trouble buying the bare essentials his family needs the us was the only country to leave the multilateral nuclear deal and quickly moved to put pressure on iran we will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction economic pressure is nothing new for iranians but many say this is the most hopeless theyve ever felt many iranians i spoke with seemed exhausted by this backandforth with the west and frustrated by the gridlock one person was against the iranian government altogether and saw trumps exit from the nuclear deal as a blessing and it could get worse the us imposed a second round of sanctions on iran on nov 5 this round is focused on stopping the sales of iranian oil and petrochemical products it could be a big hit to irans economy because oil generated 50 billion in revenue last year irans foreign minister mohammad javad zarif isnt backing down despite sanctions and tough talk from the us we have in fact survived in spite of the us pressure for 40 years if they try to put pressure on iran if they try to threaten iran iranians respond very negatively to pressure and threats and it will further strengthen the resolve of the iranian people to resist international companies started to cut ties with iran after trump left the nuclear agreement in may in the face of us sanctions many companies got cold feet and got out of the iranian market but some countries like india china and turkey say they are committed to buying iranian oil despite the threat of us sanctions and zarif says the us posturing impacts how iranians want to interact with the west well the iranians have lost some hope in engagement but the international community has failed so that has longterm consequences for irans foreign policy behavior for now both countries are steadfast in their positions and people are continuing to be caught in the middlethe united states was the only country to leave the multilateral nuclear deal with iran the trump administration quickly moved to snap back crippling sanctions on iran we spoke with the countrys top diplomat and young iranians to see how these moves have affected their livescreditcreditarash khamooshi for the new york timesnov 11 2018the strain was evident in alireza karimis voice as he described his struggle to obtain the diazoxide pills his father needs to lower insulin levels and fight pancreatic cancerthe medicine has to be imported and until recently