The rial had another collapse in late 2025, triggering massive protests and riots in the country that were ended by a forceful government crackdown.

One taxi driver in Tehran admitted to a reporter this week that even eggs have become too expensive to afford.

Iran’s rial extended its decline to a record low in April 2026, reflecting mounting economic pressure tied to U.S. actions ...

DUBAI, April 29 (Reuters) - Iran's currency dropped to a record low of 1,810,000 rials to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) said, as demand for foreign exchange that ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s national rial currency dropped to a record low Wednesday while a U.S. naval blockade has increased pressure on its already battered economy amid a fragile ...

Tehran’s economy is collapsing, its currency is in free fall — so why does the regime still negotiate like it holds all the ...

Tehran's hardline rhetoric belies a brutal reality facing the regime and Iranian citizens: its economy, vulnerable even before the war, is now in tatters.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s national rial currency dropped to a record low Wednesday while a U.S. naval blockade has increased pressure on its already battered economy amid a fragile ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s national rial currency hit a record low Wednesday of 1.8 million to the dollar as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel holds. The rial had remained stable in the early ...