Rahul Tandon

Today we're looking at how the war in the Middle East is impacting Iran's already faltering economy.

And asking how much will it cost to rebuild it?

That's all coming up here on Business Daily from the BBC.

Those are the sounds that many Iranians have been waking up to.

So here on Business Daily, we wanted to look at the state of Iran's economy.

Let's be honest, it is very difficult to get an accurate picture of what is taking place inside Iran.

The internet has been turned off now for more than 40 days.

Some people, though, have been using Starlink.

That's a satellite-based internet system developed by Elon Musk.

It's harder for the authorities to shut down.

And some Iranians have been using that to communicate with the rest of the world.

And they've been sending messages about the economic challenges that they're facing on a daily basis to our Persian service.

The Iranians sending us those messages are often putting their lives in danger by doing that.

So we've voiced up what they've told us.

Amongst those gathering and listening closely to those messages has been Beran Tajdin, the BBC Persian Service's economic correspondent.

Can I ask you about Iran as a country as well?

Because there are the urban areas, and that is where a lot of people would be losing their jobs.

But there is a huge rural community in Iran as well.

Do we know what the situation is like for them?

Is it possible, and it's so difficult, isn't it, to get information out of Iran, to know what the cost has been so far of the war, the cost of rebuilding?