Why isn't Iran rich from oil money? | Alan Kohler | ABC NEWS

Iran's economy was already broken before the US and Israeli air strikes, following years of international sanctions and mismanagement.
ABC's Alan Kohler examines how military escalation sped up a financial collapse that had already begun.

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