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Covering #Iran & #MidEast, especially what MSM won't Have a passion for exposing Tehran apologists/lobbyists

Jul 30, 2018, 13 tweets

#BREAKING
July 30
Tehran, #Iran
Store owners in the capital's Soltani bazaar are on strike.
#IranProtests

#BREAKING - #IranUpdate
July 30
Tehran, #Iran
-Images of store owners in the capital's Soltani bazaar on strike.
-Authorities have dispatched security forces in fear of escalating tensions.
-People rushing to stores to purchase goods in fear of skyrocketing prices
#IranProtests

#BREAKING - #IranUpdate
July 30
Reports from a variety of cities across #Iran indicate stores are closing down.
Security forces are on high alert to confront possible protests and unrest.
#IranProtests

#BREAKING - #IranUpdate
July 30
Latest exchange rates from #Iran

US dollar = 115,000 rials
Euro = 135,000 rials

7 days until the first round of U.S. sanctions (August 6th)

#BREAKING - #IranUpdate
July 30
#Iran's ILNA news agency
"Workers are seeing their purchasing power decrease by 72 percent"

A family of needs 50 million rials a month to barely make ends meet.
Workers wages are far lower, however, leaving millions living in poverty.

#BREAKING - #IranUpdate
July 30
#Iran - Tasnim news agency
"Prices of various dairy goods increase by 32 percent"

Currency nosediving
Prices skyrocketing
People losing purchasing power

Conditions ripe for #IranProtests leading to #IranRegimeChange

July 30 - #IranUpdate
Tehran, #Iran
Rug bazaar on strike.
#IranProtests

July 30 - #IranUpdate
Chalus, N #Iran
Long que at gas station as truck drivers continue their nationwide strike.
#IranProtestsTranslate Tweet

#Iran's gold retailers' union chief says there is no more gold coins available for the market.

As the trade winds down, rest assured regime media will resort to #FakeNews & claim tension in the bazaar has calmed.
#Hypocrisy

July 30 - #IranUpdate
Tehran, #Iran
Sabze Meydan bazaar
Source says authorities are dispatching security units to create a climate of fear & prevent any protests
#IranProtests

July 30 - #IranUpdate
Tehran, #Iran
Toopkhane Square
Authorities are dispatching security units across the capital to prevent any possible protests.
#IranProtests

#BREAKING - #IranUpdate
July 30
Latest exchange rates from #Iran

🇺🇸 US dollar = 115,500 rials
🇪🇺Euro = 135,500 rials
🇦🇪UAE Dirham = 31,110 rials
🇹🇷Turkish lira = 23,300 rials
🇨🇳Chinese Yuan =16,800 rials

7 days until the first round of U.S. sanctions (August 6th)

#BREAKING - #IranUpdate
July
Latest exchange rates from #Iran

Tehran
🇺🇸 US dollar = 118,000 to 120,000 rials

Mashhad
🇺🇸 US dollar = 115,000 to 117,000 rials

Gold coin - 47 to 48 million rials

The economy is plunging into a nosedive.

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