Iranian tenants increasingly pushed to the brink as prices soar | News

Tehran, Iran– “We were lucky,” says 58-year-old Leila, whose family of four lives in an average-sized unit in an apartment complex in western Tehran. She explained that her landlord recently imposed a 15 percent rent increase and no increase in the annual down payment. “I know next year we’ll have the same concerns all over again, but I couldn’t even imagine having to move right now,” she told