Iran’s currency drops to record low against dollar

Iranian and US banknotes are on display at a currency exchange shop in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2015. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
Iranian and US banknotes are on display at a currency exchange shop in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2015. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iran’s currency drops to a record low of 1,500,000 rials to the US dollar today, according to several Iranian currency tracking websites, weeks after protests sparked by the rial’s dwindling value rocked the country.

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