Iran turns attention to plunging currency
Iranian officials, lawmakers and media on Wednesday snapped their focus on to their country's sanctions-hit economy amid a sudden and accelerating plunge in the currency.
Iranian officials, lawmakers and media on Wednesday snapped their focus on to their country's sanctions-hit economy amid a sudden and accelerating plunge in the currency.
Iran said on Wednesday five of its technicians had been kidnapped in the Syrian city of Homs, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
Iran has invited inspectors from the International Atomic Agency to travel to Tehran, a Western diplomat was quoted as saying.
The Coordination Council for the Green Path of Hope, Iran's major reformist organization, is urging Iranians to boycott the coming parliamentary elections.
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Iran's lawmakers on Monday sent condolences to the parliament of North Korea over the death of Kim Jong-Il, with speaker Ali Larijani saying he grieved the loss of the leader of "the friendly nation," according to the ISNA news agency.
Western sanctions have taken such a toll on Iran over the past 18 months that now -- as the screw is about to be tightened yet further -- Tehran's studied insouciance is slipping, with officials admitting the economic damage being felt.
Iran's currency rial dropped to a record low on Tuesday. According to latest reports, U.S. dollar is selling for 15,050 in the open market at the foreign currency exchange offices.
Iran has released two Kuwaitis held for a month, clearing them of spying, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.
The public execution for a prisoner was carried out on the dawn of Saturday in the Danesh Square in Shahre Kord even while the prisoner needed urgent medical attention.