Turkey’s mysterious foreign currency; Israel and Russia; Islamic Jihad says Tel Aviv reneges on truce; Palestinian activists claim social media crackdown; Iraq’s Coordination Framework.
Iran's point-to-point inflation rate reaches 52.5%, with a rise of 82.6% for food products, compared to June 2021 - and the problem is likely to get worse
As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was interviewed by Steve Inskeep, the NPR host thought of another Iranian who is behind bars. Businessman Bijan Khajehpour, who spoke to Inskeep in Tehran earlier this year, was arrested and put on trial after the disputed election.