The French news agency wrote in a report from the Tajrish market in Tehran that the sharp increase in prices and the decrease in purchasing power greatly reduced the sales of many stores.

The French news agency wrote in a report from the Tajrish market in Tehran that the sharp increase in prices and the decrease in purchasing power greatly reduced the sales of many stores.

A dry fruit seller told this news agency that customers who used to buy two to five kilos, now settle for half a kilo or one kilo. He said businesses need exchange rate stability more than anything else.

According to official statistics, Iran's annual inflation reached nearly 90% in September and food prices more than doubled compared to last year. The value of the riyal on the open market rose from about 1 million 700 thousand tomans against the dollar before the war to about 2 million 700 thousand tomans.

Other sellers also said about the sharp drop in customers and empty warehouses. A 45-year-old woman told Agence France-Presse that she now sometimes goes to the market just to "look at the shops" and has lost the ability to buy many goods and even travel. A repairman also says that the number of his customers has dropped to about 11 and many people have removed buying clothes, going to restaurants and entertainment from their lives.

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