(FILES) Shoppers look at a jewellery display outside a shop at the Grand Bazaar 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) /

(FILES) People walk past shops and browse for goods at the Grand Bazaar 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) /

The Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman (2R) waves to supporters as he starts a 'train march' towards the country's capital Islamabad against the increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation, at a railway station in Karachi on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters and activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami party take part in a 'train march' towards the country's capital Islamabad against the increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation, at a railway station in Karachi on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters and activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami party take part in a 'train march' towards the country's capital Islamabad against the increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation, at a railway station in Karachi on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters and activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami party gather before starting a 'train march' towards the country's capital Islamabad against the increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation, at a railway station in Karachi on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters and activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami party gather before starting a 'train march' towards the country's capital Islamabad against the increased petroleum levy, rising fuel prices and inflation, at a railway station in Karachi on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP via Getty Images)

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