The assassination of a senior Revolutionary Guards officer in Damascus Zahedi (pictured) creates pressure among Iranians.
How can we know that? Just have to follow the dollar exchange rate on the black market in Iran.
All day the rate fluctuated around 612,000 - 613,000 riyals. When the news became known, the dollar hit an all-time high - 622,000 riyals.
The assassination attributed to Israel increases the fear among the Iranians that a regional war is about to occur and therefore they are running to purchase the American currency on the black market in an attempt to preserve their assets.
Even before today's liquidation, the state of the currency was not great and now it will be necessary to examine in the coming days what the pressure gauge is among the Iranians...