{
  "id": 10727624,
  "title": "Iran's currency hits a new record low as war erodes the country's economic stability",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/irans-currency-hits-a-new-record-low-as-war-erodes-the-countrys",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-29T15:58:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/irans-currency-hits-a-new-record-low-as-war-erodes-the-countrys-economic-stability"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Iranian economy has been under duress for years in the face of international sanctions. A U.S. naval blockade on Iranian oil and new sanctions imposed since the start of the war have sent it into freefall.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Iran rial crashes past 2.5 million per dollar: War, sanctions push currency to new low",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/iran-rial-crashes-past-2-5-million-per-dollar-war-sanctions-push",
        "published": "2026-09-29T14:01:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "‘This is how the war will end’: Iran’s currency hits new record low as it accuses the U.S. of looking to turn Iran ‘back into a colony’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/this-is-how-the-war-will-end-irans-currency-hits-new-record-low-as-it",
        "published": "2026-09-29T15:17:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}