Merchants and shopkeepers at Tehran’s Bazaar went on strike today as they protested against the free fall of the national currency, with the Iranian rial hitting an all-time low of 34,000 to the dollar.
The Iranian authorities are to begin the roll out of an internal Iranian internet this week in response to real digital threats from countries such the US and Israel, as well as to maintain censorship and digital control over their population
Fed up with threats of imminent wars with their Arab neighbours, the hostile ways of land grabbing religious zealots, and the fact that almost two million Israelis are living in poverty, young people are choosing the path of dissent.
At least seven people were killed in an attack against Israeli youth on a tour bus in Burgus Airport in Bulgaria.
A fantastic piece of reporting by David E Sanger in the New York Times has pretty much confirmed what everyone believed to…