Thursday
Oct042012
The Latest from Iran (4 October): Protest Resurfaces --- A Ripple or a Wave?
Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11:26Footage from Wednesday's closure of the Tehran Bazaar and nearby protests
2051 GMT: Currency All-is-Well Alert. Mohammad Keshti-Aray, the head of the Gold-Sellers Union, has said that the Rial strengthened to 30000:1 to 31000:1 vs. the US dollar --- Tuesday's rate, the last posted on leading website, was 35500:1 --- and that the price for gold coin is down as well.
Keshti-Aray assured that dollar and gold rates would be "clarified" on Saturday,
2047 GMT: Loyalty Watch. Prominent conservative politician Habiballah Asgarouladi has said that "fitna" (sedition) and the "deviant current" do not accept national unity, which is possible only around the Supreme Leader.