The Latest from Iran (30 January): Posturing Over Oil
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 14:52
A map of Tehran's oil exports
See also The Latest from Iran (29 January): Future Election, Past Election, House Arrest
2039 GMT: A Shift in the Awakening. The Supreme Leader has sent a message to an international youth conference in Tehran, centred on the theme of the "Islamic Awakening".
Much of the message, put out by Ayatollah Khamenei's Twitter account, is standard rhetoric: "The Zionists, Great Satan (USA), & Western powers are incapable in facing the Islamic awakening, & they'll fail more & more."
This, however, catches the eye: "Due to geographical, historical and social differences, there is no single model that can be applied to Islamic countries."
Hmm... Last year, just after the Egyptian uprising had removed President Mubarak, the Supreme Leader put out a message that Iran's Islamic Revolution was precisely that model.
So why has the line changed?
2027 GMT: Currency Watch. Gholam-Reza Mesbahi Moghaddam, the head of Parliament's Economy Committee, has blamed currency fluctuations on "poor Government and poor management by the Central Bank".