Iran protests spread as rial slides to 271,000 per dollar; central bank offers $2bn to slow slide

Retiree protests are spreading across Iran as the dollar reaches 271,000 rials, a nursing-sector crisis deepens and the oil minister resigns. Iran's central bank is offering as much as $2 billion in cash dollars to the public to slow the rial's slide, a move that has sparked debate over whether it can stabilize the currency or merely burn through scarce foreign reserves.

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