Iranians, aware of the danger of war

In the streets of Tehran, the conversation always seems to return to the worst of situations. The 80 million Iranians are struggling to buy meat, drugs and other staple foods.

The AP has been talking with several people in Tehran. Most believe that there will be no war. They think that Iran should dialogue with the United States, even when they consider Trump as an erratic and unworthy opponent. "Trump is not at all predictable and we do not know how he will react or what to do in front of him," said Afra Hamedzadeh, a 20-year-old civil servant. "Since it controls the global economy, we have few options."

Opinions vary in Tehran, as one speaks to someone who leaves Islamic prayers on Friday or outside the popular youth cafeterias. "If the United States could have done something, they would have done a lot of things," said Zoherh Sadeghi, a 51-year-old woman who comes out of prayer and wears a chador. "He can not do anything." Of course, in a regime of control of the public opinion such as that of Iran by the police, it is difficult to give the divergent opinion to a foreign journalist.

Tensions between Iran and the United States were triggered a year ago when Donald Trump decided to pull his country out of the 2015 agreement between Iran and the major international powers to control his nuclear program. He then imposed heavy sanctions that affect Iranian oil exports, to the point that they have fallen to 50%. Recently, Washington has again tightened the withers by putting an end to the authorization given to five major nations to buy oil from Iran.

In response, Iran withdrew from the nuclear deal a week ago and will resume uranium enrichment at high concentrations, although it took time until July 7 to make its decision. Iran would also resume manufacturing centrifuges to enrich the uranium ore.