TEHRAN - Iranian authorities will arrest people trading foreign currencies on the black market, media reported on Sunday, in the latest attempt to stop a slide in the currency that has, at least in part, been sparked by new Western economic sanctions.
"Street dealers will be prosecuted and those who carry foreign currencies without an invoice will be arrested as of Sunday," the
Ebtekar daily newspaper quoted a deputy central bank governor, Ebrahim Darvishi, as saying.
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