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A vendor hangs vegetables in front of a shop in a bazaar in northern Tehran February 29, 2012. For months now, Iranians have endured economic hardship, political repression and international isolation as the authorities refuse to halt sensitive nuclear work as demanded by the U.N. Security Council. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOC](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/04/RTR2YMER.jpg/RTR2YMER.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=rx5SgdeX)
![IRAN-ELECTION/ECONOMY EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.
A vendor hangs vegetables in front of a shop in a bazaar in northern Tehran February 29, 2012. For months now, Iranians have endured economic hardship, political repression and international isolation as the authorities refuse to halt sensitive nuclear work as demanded by the U.N. Security Council. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOC](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/04/RTR2YMER.jpg/RTR2YMER.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=rx5SgdeX)
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![IRAN-ELECTION/ECONOMY EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.
A vendor hangs vegetables in front of a shop in a bazaar in northern Tehran February 29, 2012. For months now, Iranians have endured economic hardship, political repression and international isolation as the authorities refuse to halt sensitive nuclear work as demanded by the U.N. Security Council. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS SOC](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/04/RTR2YMER.jpg/RTR2YMER.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=rx5SgdeX)
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