{"id":484708,"date":"2026-06-09T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/484708\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:00:10","slug":"live-updates-us-military-launches-strikes-against-iran-in-response-to-helicopter-downing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/484708\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: US military launches strikes against Iran in response to helicopter downing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"<p>Iranians<\/p>\n

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen talks to Iranians about the economic hardship the country is facing\n <\/p>\n

\"<p>Iranians<\/p>\n

CNN’s Fred Pleitgen talks to Iranians about the economic hardship the country is facing<\/p>\n

2:18<\/p>\n

\n CNN\u2019s Frederik Pleitgen is on the ground in Tehran and has been speaking to locals about the economic fallout of the US and Israel\u2019s war against Iran.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe market is really collapsed now,\u201d Roya, an Iranian woman on the streets of Tehran, told Pleitgen.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cEverything\u2019s become so expensive,\u201d she said in desperation.\n <\/p>\n

\n Iran\u2019s economy was already in a dire state before the conflict. National income per person had fallen from about $8,000 in 2012 to $5,000 in 2024, ravaged by inflation, corruption and sanctions. The outlook now is even worse. Up to 4.1 million more people could fall into poverty due to the conflict, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).\n <\/p>\n

\n Prices of basic goods have skyrocketed, pushing the Iranian economy to the edge as Washington and Tehran try to find a way to end the conflict. Mehrnaz, another Iranian citizen, told CNN that \u201cinflation has made prices increase hundreds of times more.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Not everyone has given up, however, with some still trying to make ends meet amid the uncertainty.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN spoke to one business owner who sells and produces shoes. Farzad Mashmool, the owner, said that while purchases and sales have decreased, the war has not brought his business to a complete halt. \u201cWe are still selling, and we are still trying to increase sales,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Israel and Iran have restored a ceasefire following an exchange of missiles on Sunday and Monday that threatened a major escalation in the conflict. Though Tehran has warned it will resume attacks if Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon continue.\n <\/p>\n

\n Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump told reporters early Tuesday that a deal with Iran could be reached \u201cin two or three days.\u201d He claimed the deal would stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon and lead to the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.\n <\/p>\n

\n Sahra, an Iranian woman, is resigned to the tragic reality that surrounds her. \u201cIt\u2019s the consequences of war. We cannot do anything,\u201d she said.\n <\/p>\n

\n Editor\u2019s Note: CNN operates in Iran only with the permission of the government but maintains full editorial control of its reports.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CNN’s Fred Pleitgen talks to Iranians about the economic hardship the country is facing CNN’s Fred Pleitgen talks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7788,85,46,43],"class_list":["post-484708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-hnk","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}