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The Latest from Iran (23 July): Picking A Fight Over an Ahmadinejad Advisor?
Monday, July 23, 2012 at 12:30See also The Latest from Iran (22 July): Trying to Fix the Economy for Ramadan
1956 GMT: Stay at Home Watch. The Ministry of Culture has banned billboards advertising foreign travel, except for pilgrimages.
1946 GMT: Protest Watch. More on the demonstration over high prices, especially for food, in Neyshabour in northeastern Iran --- ISNA reports that the low number of subsidised chickens stirred the protest and that the head of the Industry & Trade Bureau has promised more will be delivered. The local chief of police attended the gathering as well and assured the crowd that he would report their demands to authorities.
The blog that originally reported the protest has now withdrawn the news and pictures.