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As Iran Presses Its Ambitions, Its Young See Theirs Denied
by possibly noteworthy at 6:56 am EDT, Apr 21, 2006

"Everything is miserable."

The unemployed pass their time smoking tobacco at a teahouse. Many in Iran turn to opium.

While the world focuses on Iran's nuclear ambitions, Iranians focus on the unmet aspirations of the two-thirds of the population that is younger than 30. Nearly three decades after a revolution that swept aside a monarchist system grounded in privilege, the typical Iranian has seen average income shrink under a religious government that has cultivated an elite of its own atop a profoundly dysfunctional economy.

The 80 percent of the population working in the private sector struggles mightily to make a living in the 20 percent of the economy that is not controlled by the government. The end product is a frustration edging into resentment that informs every private conversation with ordinary Iranians and frames every public issue.


 
 
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