Rial’s plunge sparks Tehran clashes - FT.com

Riot police clashed with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in Tehran on Wednesday over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 per cent of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said.
Police fired teargas to disperse the demonstrators, angered by the plunge in the value of the rial. Protesters shouted slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, saying his policies had fuelled the economic crisis.

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