“A dollar is currently worth as much as 90,000 rials, compared with 65,000 rials just before Mr Trump’s announcement and 42,890 at the end of 2017.”
Half the value in a year and a half.
I wonder what it was back when the Shah was around?
Oh - found it! (Not surprising - “on 15 March 1978, 71.46 rials equaled one U.S. dollar”)
As the Beatles sang “So you say you want a revolution...”
Of course I suppose a 1978 dollar is worth about .25 2018 dollars, but still.
Of course I suppose a 2018 dollar is worth about .25 1978 dollars, but still.