Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Small change

When there are many decision makers, small and peculiar needs get met by policy decisions.

Iran bans banknotes that have been scribbled on
Iran will from next month ban banknotes which have been scribbled upon, Iranian media reported on Thursday, a move one conservative website said was in response to the appearance of political slogans on some of them.

Expressions in support of moderate opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, such as "Oh Hossein, Mir Hossein", have occasionally been cropping up on the Islamic Republic's banknotes since its disputed election in June...

"Banknotes on which there are writings or are stamped or have any additional signs will be invalid," the Jam-e Jam daily quoted central bank official Ebrahim Darvishi as saying...

The Ayande website, seen as close to conservative politician Mohsen Rezaie, said in a headline about the move: "The central bank's reaction to the writing of slogans on banknotes."...

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