Iranian Demonstrators took the streets in protest after the rial lost 40 percent of its value in one week, chanting that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a “traitor” and forcing Iran’s main bazaar to close for the day. Ahmadinejad is identified with the Iranian regime’s nuclear program and with suspicions that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, in response to which Western countries have implemented the crippling sanctions driving the currency crisis.Videos of the protests were posted on a YouTube channel linked to the Iranian opposition.

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