Iran: value, August 7, 2012

Reported is that in Yazd and Isfahan the Bahai Tahere Rezaei from Shahin-Shahr, Khosro Deghani from Vilashahr and Naqmeh Farabi from Najafabad were  arrested. They were brought to Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan.
source: freedomessenger



Social activist Ahmed Muradi from Kurdistan has been questioned afte publication of a statement in support of the hunger strike by political prisoner Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand..
source: iranbriefing.net

Iranian foreign minister visits today Turkey to discuss the release of 48 Iranians who are abducted by Syrian rebels.
Iranian authorities say those abducted were pilgrims but the rebels said they were members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria on a "reconnaissance mission."
source: rferl.org

At Iran's valutamarket hit the rial an all time low. A rial traded at 20,450 for a dollar. The official exchange rate for a dollar is set at 12,260 rials by Iran's Central Bank.
source: payvand.com

Iranian police says that in a period from 15 days in different cities of the country 60.000kg(60 tonnes) live and slaughtered bootleg poultry was confiscated.
The report comes amid a political furore over the cost of chicken, which has risen up to 80,000 rial (£4.20) per kilogram in the past year.
source: iranbriefing.net

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