Iran's sinking currency breaks 400,000:1 mark v. US dollar for first time. Rial now stands at 400,300:1, having lost more than 25% of value in past month.
Iranian authorities have released one of the country’s best known dissidents after he spent three months in jail as protests shook the country, his brother
Majid Tavakoli granted bail from Tehran's Evin prison; rights activist and past winner of Student Peace Prize was arrested shortly after start of recent anti-regime protests
Iranian authorities have released one of the country's most prominent dissidents from prison, three months after he was arrested in connection with protests that have rocked Iran for several weeks.