jilani from the w.'s asia desk in bonn thank you. crisis what crisis in iran might be grappling with us sanctions boss being a country with immense cultural richness and stunning scenery iran's tourism industry is surprisingly flourishing. does this look like a struggling country stunning architecture blue skies and an abundance of culture despite sanctions iran's tourism sector is beating the odds and bringing wealth to a nation experiencing increasing opposition on the world stage tourists to the country are pleasantly surprised me too i was by mori so i checked by the travel agency asking are you sure that you can. swim as a county fair i notice that it's really a fantastic they selected eat. last year iran's tourism industry grew by 2 percent providing the country's economy nearly $9000000000.00 u.s. dollars almost $8000000.00 foreign tourists visited in 2018. the founder of tap persia a full service tourism provider the company streamlines perspective visitors travel experience and lets young iranians make a positive difference

let's take a deeper look into this story i'm now joined by my colleague jilani from the w.'s asia services a sanctions have been in place for a year now what are you hearing from iran what's the situation right now for the people that you know of as you were just hearing in this report situation is desperate for ordinary iranians even though the american government says it's. sanctions are targeted at the iranian regime at the revolutionary guard but it's having an impact on ordinary people for example medicines and pharmaceuticals medicines which iran imports especially for cancer patients have been running short and they have union government is playing it up to tell it people that look this is what america is doing to your country and that's why you're hurting so it is biting do people believe that it's basically the american falls and resentment about the economic situation that could be destabilizing for the government. now president rouhani was elected because he promised engagement would divide the world and he was committed to the nuclear deal but as we have seen the