How Sanctions Are Affecting Iran´s Art Market and Cultural Workers
(WorldNews Iran)

Back in August of 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter to warn that `anyone doing business with Iran will not be doing business with the United States.` Since Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from Obama´s nuclear deal of 2015 last May, his administration has unilaterally imposed the toughest sanctions in history against the Islamic Republic. In order to isolate the country from the international financial system, the sanctions prohibit Iran´s purchase of U.S. dollars and precious metals like gold, aluminum, and steel. Many European, British and international companies have withdrawn from Iran to protect themselves against U.S. sanctions, and inflation in the...