(FILES) Shopkeepers arrange dried fruits and nuts in front of their shop at a market in Tehran on August 24, 2026. Iran's economy contracted by more than 10 percent during the Middle East war, which began with US-Israeli attacks in late February that unleashed turmoil and battered the Islamic republic's economy. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 10.1 percent year-on-year from late March to late June, a period known in Iran as the first quarter of the Persian calendar, according to the Statistical Center of Iran on September 20. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /