(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121003-iran-7a.photoblog600.jpg)EPAIranian riot police move in as protesters set garbage on fire near the old main bazaar in the center of Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. By NBC News staff and wire reportsRiot police clashed with demonstrators and foreign exchange dealers in Tehran on Wednesday over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which has lost 40 percent of its value against the dollar in a week, witnesses told Reuters.
Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators angered by the plunge in the value of the rial. The protesters shouted slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying his economic policies had fueled the economic crisis, Reuters reported.
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