On Thursday, Tehran’s attorney general said 16 people had been arrested for their alleged? “disruption of the currency market.” The 16 were said to have worked with “external and internal forces” in creating a panic that benefited them personally and helped to disrupt the economy. Shops in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar were reported closed or partially closed for a second day on Thursday, one day after police clashed with protesters angered over the dramatic decline in value …

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