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Iran’s central bank proposes slashing four zeros from falling currency – IRNA

A man buys Iranian rials from a seller of Iranian currency, before the start of the U.S. sanctions on Tehran, in Basra, Iraq November 3, 2018. Picture taken November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s central bank has proposed slashing four zeros from the rial, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, after the currency plunged in a year marked by an economic crisis fuelled by U.S. sanctions.

“A bill to remove four zeros from the national currency was presented to the government by the central bank yesterday and I hope this matter can be concluded as soon as possible,” IRNA quoted central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati as saying. Read More »

How Iran and Pakistan Matter for a Post-US Withdrawal Afghan Landscape

Strained relations with Pakistan coupled with a hostile posture toward Iran leave Washington stranded in Afghanistan.

By Adam Weinstein 07-January 2019

Strained relations with Pakistan and zero channels of communication with Iran isolate U.S. foreign policy ahead of negotiations with the Taliban and an imminent U.S. troop drawdown. Washington’s newfound acceptance of the Taliban as one of many stakeholders in a political settlement must be matched by a recognition that landlocked Afghanistan will rely on relations with its neighbors after a U.S. departure. Read More »

Behind the Headlines/January 15


In tonight’s program;

Iran’s much publicised attempt to put a new satellite in the orbit fails after having spent millions of dollars on the project;

Hassan Rouhani implies in his latest speech that Iran may resume its uranium enrichment operations as the future of the nuclear deal looks uncertain;

Back in 2007 on this day, Iranian nuclear scientist Ardeshir Hosseinpour who opposed the regime’s ambition of arming itself with nuclear bomb was assassinated.

Tonight we speak to his sister Mahboobeh who has fled Iran and now reveals how her brother was killed by the regime.
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Behind the Headlines/January 11


In tonight’s program of Behind the Headlines we will look at the speech of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Cairo University and his emphasis on the support of the Trump administration for the Iranian people, as well as his criticism of the Obama government for turning the Middle East into its current situation.
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