The United States is targeting people and companies around the world that it accuses of financing or enabling Iran's military supply chain,
placing sanctions on 10 individuals and entities, including ones in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, as it pushes forward with economic warfare against Tehran.
This as Iran's Revolutionary Guard urges Americans in a message ahead of US midterm elections to take to the streets and rally against Donald Trump,
claiming the US president's war in the Middle East has failed.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard spokesman General Hossein Mohebbi said Tuesday the only way for the war to end is for Washington to admit defeat and leave -
a message apparently meant for the US public just weeks ahead of the November 3 midterm elections for the US Senate and Congress.
This as Qatar said mediation efforts between the US and Iran were continuing as mediators seek common ground toward an agreement to end the conflict.
MAJED AL-ANSARI\Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson "We continue with the mediation and we are exchanging messages between the parties and we are working towards establishing common ground
in order to get into a deal that would save all of us from the repercussions of the conflict."
A UN top official in Iran said civilians in the country continue to feel the consequences of months of conflict and military escalation.
Christine Weigand UN Resident Coordinator, Iran, UN Iran "The scale and the intensity of the military operations we have seen
has certainly had a significant impact. We've seen 30 of the 31 provinces in Iran being affected. We've seen,
according to national authorities, more than 3,400 people or civilians who have died as a result of the conflict and more than 33,000 people injured."
Iran's economy has also hit new lows with its currency falling to a new record low Tuesday as traders in Tehran exchange more than 2.5 million rials
to the US dollar in a stark reflection of how the war in the Middle East has steadily eroded the economy.
This Iranian student said, "Someone bought a phone last year for 80 million tomans, today that same phone costs 320 million. There is nothing to celebrate in that."
Medication prices too are soaring. This pharmacy technician says, " Since the sanctions have
affected virtually every aspects of life, they have also had a direct impact on healthcare, medicine, and everything related to this field.
Day by day we see our patients facing serious difficulties in obtaining their medication. They struggle not only with drug shortages
but also with the high cost of the medicines that are available.


