The Latest from Iran (5 August): The Supreme Leader Talks About Morality
Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 9:08Claimed footage of insurgents speaking in front of the 48 Iranians seized in Syria on Saturday --- Tehran says the men are pilgrims, but the Free Syrian Army claims they are members of the Iranian military assisting the Assad regime
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The Latest from Iran (4 August): The Regime Admits Its "Economic War"
1735 GMT: Rafsanjani Watch. Former President Hashemi Rafsanjani has warned that growing public despair over economic conditions "would be a blow to the roots" of the Islamic Republic.
1355 GMT: Currency Watch. The Iranian Rial has slipped another 1% vs. the US dollar, sinking to 20420:1.
The Rial is now approaching its lowest point in a currency crisis that started last autumn.