Footballers selfies with singers and fans despite warning by the government

Most Iranians are more concerned with stagnant living standards rather than foreign policy. The economy can’t flourish in a constant state of confrontation with the outside world, which hit new heights under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005–2013). President Hassan Rouhani, in office since 2013, now presides over a country mired in financial crises with a chaotic banking sector.