By The Daily Star TEHRAN: Calm returned to central Tehran on Thursday, a day after it was rocked by unprecedented protests over Iran's plunging currency, but all money-changers and most shops were closed, witnesses told AFP. The Grand Bazaar -- the normally bustling commercial heart of the city -- was mostly shuttered, with mainly streetside ...

By Reuters (Reuters) - Iranian riot police clashed on Wednesday with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in the capital Tehran over the collapse of the country's currency, which has lost a third of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses said. Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, angered by the plunge in the value ...

Iranian People are under severe economic pressure due to International sanctions over Iran's disputed nuclear program. The west thinks of possibility of riot in Iran. Following the recent disappointing news about Irans economic conditions, the Iranian rial plunged more than 13 percent in open-market trade on Monday to a new all-time low of about ...