Riot police clashed with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in Tehran over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40% of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said.
Riot police clashed with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in Tehran over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40% of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said.
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Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, angered by the plunge in the value of the rial. Protesters shouted slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying his economic policies had fuelled the financial crisis.
The rial has hit record lows against the dollar almost daily as Western economic sanctions imposed over Iran's disputed nuclear programme have slashed Iran's export earnings from oil, undermining the central bank's ability to support the currency.
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