The question "what is it like to live in a rogue state?" seems more and more relevant to us. Hence until 2022 the roguest country was Iran people started paying attention to its experience quite often. 

We flew to Tehran to figure out how people live under sanctions not for months or years but for decades and is it possible to project Iranian experience on Russia. 

Contents: 
00:00 The beginning 
00:51 The country which has been under sanctions for 40 years
04:00 What has happened to the national currency?
09:13 How much does a flat there cost?
11:10 The average income in Iran
12:30 How do Iranian banks work without being connected to SWIFT 
16:35 Is it possible to buy an Iphone in Iran?
18:43 What brands are represented there?
21:19 How is Iran trying to bypass sanctions?
23:35 Is there any food shortage?
25:25 Iran was an Eastern countries' ally. Why did everything change?
30:47 What has happened to Iranian economics after the Islamic revolution?
39:16 How sanctions were lifted and put on Iran again?
44:50 What kind of planes are there in Iran?
46:40 What about oil?
48:50 Are Russia and Iran allies?
51:42 How is the Iranian political system organized?
55:37 In Iran, the majority of social networks are banned
57:44 Iranian RuTube and Netflix
1:02:15 What cars do Iranians own?
1:04:07 Russian business in Iran
1:08:20 What about Iranian medicine?
1:10:30 Tourism in Iran
1:15:50 Are Iranians waiting for the sanctions to be lifted?
1:18:22 Will Russia go Iranian way? 

Adlan Margoev, a researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies at MGIMO University, was a guest in our video.