E ven before the bombs began to fall, Iran’s economy was in a bad way. Six in ten working-age people were unemployed. Prices had risen by 35% in the past year. Some 18% of the population was living below the World Bank’s poverty threshold.

Israel's 12-day war with Iran last month has dented its economy but investors and Israelis are hopeful that a U.S.-brokered halt to hostilities could bring an economic "peace dividend" with the country's neighbours that has been a dream for decades.

Israel and Iran’s bitter rivalry didn’t happen overnight — it evolved through decades of shifting alliances, covert deals, and growing hostility. This video traces how the two nations went from quiet cooperation to a shadow war fought with cyberattacks,

Since Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, more Iranians are coming back to Teheran. But essential goods are often hard to come by, and the country's economy still struggles with a temporary brain drain.