Iranians Count Sanctions Cost as Nuclear Accord Deadline Nears

After a decade of impasse, years of punishing trade embargoes and 12 months of talks, comes a last-ditch push for an accord on Iran’s nuclear program.

Yet as diplomats from seven nations huddle in Vienna, expectations of a breakthrough are muted in the homes, markets and offices of Iran’s capital, where residents like Armita Sarafzadeh are exhausted by the standoff and angered by what they say is an unequal burden imposed by global sanctions.