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Iranians protest over plunging economy as Rouhani warns of 'economic war' with US. Protesters in Iran entered their third day of demonstrations over the country's faltering economy as President Hassan Rouhani claimed it faces "economic war" with the US. Videos showed protesters confronting police in the capital, Tehran, as the Iranian rial plunged to 90,000 to the dollar - double the government rate of 42,000 rials to $1. People in the Middle Eastern nation have watched their savings dwindle as shopkeepers held onto goods, uncertain of their true value. Some of the uncertainty stems from US President Donald Trump's decision to pull his country out of a nuclear deal and re-impose sanctions on Iran.