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Tight restrictions on the use of social media and the u.s. of the internet, but that doesn't mean that they just don't exist, that they're not here. that's not true, and there's a lot of tech savvy individuals, some of whom i have spoken to who say there are ways around this, this is how you get on facebook, on twitter. some of the most surprising users of twitter, of social media, are the presidential candidates here in tehran. >> on the eve of iran's presidential elections, candidate rohani tweets he's ahead in the polls. his rival tweets a link to a young rapper's campaign rhyme. it is one ...

Nearly all of its gasoline, but sa sanctions forced it to build refining facilities, and now a gallon is 30 cents, and they say they'll be self sufficient in terms of gasoline production. 30 cents a gallon could go to be cheaper. i stopped by a dealership in central tehran where i asked the manager if sanctions were making it impossible to sell certain kinds of cars. especially the high-end kinds of cars like lexus and porsche. surprisingly, hamad is selling everything, including mercedes. you're probably asking where do these cars come from? after all, germany is not supposed to be sending le...

Here's an exemption, you may shake your head and say how does that make sense? you may shake your head more when you hear this. chi neesz imports of iranian oil are up 66% in the month of may alone. chinese imports, china's the pretty stunning statistic, even though overall some of the imports, of course, have been dropping dramatically. what about regular people? are the sanctions working? here's what we saw. congested, busy tehran is packed, tons of traffic, but the kinds of cars are mixed. tehran is a car town, so to find out if sanctions are hurting, we went to dealerships, like this one? ...

Of paper. here's an exemption, you may shake your head and say how does that make sense? you may shake your head more when you hear this. chinese imports, china's the biggest single buyer are up 66% in the month of may alone. pretty stunning statistic, even though overall some of the imports, of course, have been dropping dramatically. what about regular people? are the sanctions working? here's what we saw. congested, busy action tehran is packed, tons of traffic, but the kinds of cars are mixed. tehran is a car town, so to find out if sanctions are hurting, we went to dealerships, like this ...

>> a few have started in a lackluster beginning. but this rally at a small stadium packed to the rafters in central tehran for saed jalili seems the most serious so far. songs against america blared from speakers while crowds chanted, death to america, israel and england. if dr. jalili does become the country's next president, this rally will be an early indication of the direction the country will be heading over the course of the next four years. >> he joins me from tehran. you were there at the rally. jalili is the choice, he's got the blessing, if you will from the leadership from the supr...