Bloomberg | Ladane Nasseriand Golnar Motevalli: Iranian authorities closed almost a dozen currency-exchange offices and arrested traders, part of an effort to stem a fall in the value of the rial that could push up prices at a time of growing discontent. The rial weakened to 49,580 to the dollar in unregulated trading on Tuesday, according to state-...

Zahedan, Feb 1, IRNA Some 997 kilograms of opium was seized in two separate operations in of Sistan-Baluchestan province, Provincial Commander of Sistan-Baluchestan Police said on Sunday. Lieutenant-Brigadier Hossein Rahimi said that police carried operations to seize the contraband upon a tip-off. He said that several armed drug-traffickers were ...