The exchange rate for the dollar rose even higher in Tehran with every dollar being traded at 3,520 toumans on Sunday November 30 Mehr News Agency reports. ISNA reported the dollar was traded at 3560 toumans on Sunday afternoon which is the highest rate of exchange for the dollar since Hassan Rohani took power […]
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Leader’s advisor calls for end to criticism of nuclear negotiators
Ali Akbar Velayati Iranian Supreme Leader’s advisor on international affairs said today that since Ayatollah Khamenei has agreed to extension of nuclear talks, there should no longer be any domestic opposition to the negotiators. IRNA reports that on Sunday November 30 Velayati responded to criticism of the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the 5+1 […]
Thirty percent increase in bread prices apporved
Mohammad Bagher Nobakht spokesman for the Rohani administration announced that bakeries can increase bread prices up to 30 percent starting Monday December 1. HE added that wheat subsidies will be paid as usual and up to 30 percent increase in retail prices of bread is approved for bakeries to meet their costs. Bakeries have […]
Detained opposition leader writes to supportive MP
Mehdi Karroubi, one of three Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since 2011, has reportedly written to Iranian MP Ali Motahari, urging him to persist in helping the detained leaders to officially stand trial. Mehdi Karroubi refers to his house arrest as “an illegal punishment” and demands the right to stand […]
Appeals court cuts journalist’s sentence in half
The prison term for Serajeddin Mirdamadi, the Iranian journalist who returned to Iran last year, has been reduced to three years by the appellate court, down from the six years given him in preliminary court. Giti Pourfazel, Mirdamadi’s lawyer, told ISNA that the three-year sentence was issued on Friday November 28. Mirdamadi, who had […]
Extended nuclear talks undermine currency confidence
The Iranian currency market has seen a steep rise in the price of the dollar, with each dollar being traded at 3,400 toumans, which is the highest it has traded in the current year. The exchange rate peaked two years ago at the height of the sanctions and the impasse in the nuclear negotiations, […]
Sanctions still hamper import of pharmaceuticals
Iran’s health minister says some medications continue to be scarce, despite assertions by the U.S. and the European Union that international sanctions do not affect Iran’s access to the pharmaceutical and medical equipment market. Hassan Ghazizadeh said: “Our problems persist. Those who have laid sanctions claim they have not sanctioned pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, […]
Changes to health insurance spur protest
Scores of workers and retirees gathered in front of Parliament to protest the amalgamation of the Social Security Fund and their Health Insurance. A number of MPs reportedly appeared among the protesters to hear their demands. ILNA reports the amalgamation has been temporarily suspended to allow further investigation and consideration of the demands of […]
Journalist to be tried for award speech
Mashallah Shamsolvaezin editor in chief of a number of banned reformist Iranian newspapers reported in his Facebook page that he has been given a trial date for the charge of “propaganda against the regime.” He writes that his charges are linked to a speech he delivered in Cape Town, South Africa for receiving the […]
Iranian musician turns down Order of France
Hossein Alizadeh, the prominent Iranian musician and classical Iranian music expert, has refused the Order of France, called l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Chevalier, which acknowledges contributions to the arts and literature in France and all across the world. ISNA reports that in an open letter, he expressed his appreciation for the gesture […]