Frustration builds in Hassan Rouhani’s hometown | Financial Times:
In the desert town of Sorkheh, Hassan Rouhani’s hometown 200km east of Tehran, support for the Iranian president and his policies is waning as food prices have risen.
“We spend some evenings without even stale bread to eat,” said Kolsoum, 40, a widow and mother of two, as she stretched out dough in a bakery shop. She works from 4am to 2pm for a daily wage of 200,000 rials ($4.75). “I wrote a letter to Mr Rouhani when he was here some months ago but he has not replied.”
“Voting for Mr Rouhani has had no benefits for us,” said her colleague Mehri, 24, who has two children and whose husband cannot work because of a back injury. “It is seven or eight months since I have bought chicken. We eat eggs.”
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