I really have not been keeping up with the news while over here… it seems everyone just watches satellite TV (I’m totally up to date on Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Polish and American pop music). But I hear there are new sanctions against Iran (probably from late last year). The result for everyday people living in Tehran? No laundry powder.
Apparently the sanctions, aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear energy program, include ingredients found in laundry powder which is currently only imported into Iran. I don’t know if you can actually make a nuclear bomb with Cold Power but nevertheless it seems like a necessary precaution (sarcasm).
Ok i just spent 20 mins googling this phenomenon and I can’t really find a reason for it! In the meantime we have searched everywhere for laundry powder and we are fresh out! But this is nothing new. There have been US sanctions against Iran for over twenty years and they manage to get around it. The store owners tell us we’ll have laundry powder in a couple of days but at 3 times the price.
