Iran's currency hovered on December 23 near a historic low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial foreign exchange market amid renewed street protests in the southeast. Prominent Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid denounced a bloody crackdown on demonstrations. "My advice is not to beat up citizens. No government shoots its own citizens like this one.... Let soldiers stay in their barracks," Abdolhamid was quoted by his website as saying in a sermon at Friday Prayers. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar traded for as much as 400,500 rials on the unofficial exchange, down from an all-time high of 401,000 the day before. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
Prominent Sunni Cleric Denounces Crackdown In Iran As Currency Trades Near Record Low
Prominent Sunni cleric Molavi Abdolhamid (center) denounced the bloody crackdown on demonstrations. (file photo)