So you think your job sucks?

[Maggot]

........It could be worse!

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's intelligence chief says up to 50 people have been arrested in connection with the decline in the value of the national currency and the chaos that followed the slide.

Heidar Moslehi says those detained have been accused of cooperating with the country's enemies to create currency "disruptions" and economic instability. He spoke after a Cabinet meeting Wednesday.

Iran's rial has lost nearly 40 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar this month. The rate Wednesday — about 31,500 rials to the dollar — was a bit better than the record low of 35,500 rials to the dollar earlier this month.

The rial's decline has been blamed on a combination of government mismanagement and the bite from Western sanctions imposed over Iran's suspect nuclear program

[HairOfTheDog]

Hit 'em in the pocketbook...

The currency devaluation problem in Iran is widely believed to be due to a combination of internal governmental policiies and the Western sanctions imposed on Iran for developing nuclear weapons capacity, based on what I've read this month. Middle and lower class Iranians can't afford basic necessities and some public protestors are being met with arrests. Some merchants in Tehran's bazaar have shuttered their shops in protest. While these shop owners have historically yielded strong political influence, the government is currently saying that they will be handled by the police.

Germany has stopped supplying currency printing services to Iran. All of these things have led to a greater freelance market for currency. Huge economic mess over there, but very view analysts believe that it will influence the government to halt nuclear weapon development and work with the international community.