Iran's economy has been battered. Its leaders still think Trump will blink first ^79.3%

AP News - By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY, LEE KEATH, SARAH EL DEEB - 4/28/2026, 5:14 AM

Negativity Bias 41.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 26% - Appeal to Authority 20.3%

CAIRO (AP) — In the heartland of Iran’s famed carpet-making industry, manufacturing has ground to a near halt. Dairies struggle to find packages for milk and butter. Giant steel mills that once drove Iran’s economy have gone silent. Hundreds of thousands have lost jobs, and millions more are at risk. Over more than five weeks of... more