Iranian MP says dollar rate can be controlled despite snapback
The price of the dollar is ultimately controllable despite multiple factors driving it, Mojtaba Yousefi, a member of the parliament, said in remarks published on Friday.
Yousefi described the reactivation of snapback sanctions as proof of “Western noncompliance with international rules,” adding that the real solution lies in trusting the people and youth.
Thanks for clarifying. Here’s a corrected neutral caption: A passenger bus seen in a valley after crashing on the Damavand–Firouzkouh road northeast of Tehran, October 3, 2025.
At least four people were killed and about 20 injured when a passenger bus plunged into a valley on the Damavand–Firouzkouh road in the Alborz mountains northeast of Tehran, Red Crescent chief Shahin Fathi said on Friday, according to Iranian media.
Fathi said the accident happened around 8 a.m. near the Dehkadeh Sibland complex. He said rescue teams were immediately sent to the site and that the number of victims could rise.
The road links Tehran to Mazandaran province through mountain passes and is one of the busiest intercity routes in northern Iran.
Police road chief Ahmad Karami Asad said the Scania bus, carrying 33 passengers from Qazvin to Mazandaran, overturned in the Aminabad area. He said preliminary checks suggested the driver had been tired and drowsy.
Emergency officials said two of the injured were taken to Imam Khomeini hospital in Firouzkouh, three to Som’e Shaban hospital in Damavand and three were flown by helicopter to Tehran. Other passengers were treated on site. Several of the wounded were reported to be in critical condition.
IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency said some passengers were trapped inside the bus before being freed by rescuers.
Road crashes have become a major public concern in Iran. The Legal Medicine Organization said in May that nearly 19,500 people died in traffic accidents in the last Iranian year, most of them on intercity highways. Official data show more than 20,000 deaths were recorded the year before, the highest toll in 12 years.
At least 26 students have died in 13 accidents involving university buses across Iran over the past decade, the daily Ham-Mihan reported this week, reviving concerns about road safety and vehicle standards.
Khamenei should not insist on rejecting direct talks with the United States and must expect greater anger from oppressed Iranians, political activist Abdollah Naseri wrote on Friday.
“The despotic leader will get nowhere,” Naseri wrote.
“This misguided policy, with the 1,200,000 rial dollar as one of its bitter fruits, means he must expect greater anger from oppressed Iranians.”
“I believe no fundamental reform should be expected from the government except its removal by the people overpowering the Islamic Republic and its main chief,” Naseri wrote.
He said the salvation of Iran lies in nonviolent civil disobedience.
International law must not be turned into a tool for Washington following the return of UN sanctions on Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote in a letter to his counterparts in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
“We must defend international law. This issue is not only about Iran but about the dignity of international law,” Araghchi wrote.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that international law was at risk of being undermined by the United States, he wrote in letters to his counterparts in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Iran’s ambassador in Colombo said on Friday.
Ambassador Alireza Delkhosh quoted Araghchi as saying, “We must support international law. This is not only about Iran, it is about the dignity of international law.” He said the minister warned, “Today Iran is the target, tomorrow it may be South Asian countries and the day after African states.”
Delkhosh said the message urged governments to resist pressure from Western powers. “International law has become a plaything for the United States. This decision, taken with Western countries, is very dangerous for international law,” he said.
Araghchi told the two South Asian countries that the latest sanctions showed the fragility of global rules. “This moment is a critical test for the credibility of international law,” the minister wrote, according to the envoy.
The letters came after the United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran last month through the snapback mechanism. Britain, France and Germany triggered the process, saying Tehran had failed to meet commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal.
The European Union on Monday reinstated sweeping sanctions on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs, restoring bans on oil exports, banking, transport and energy trade that had been lifted under the nuclear deal. The EU said Iran had breached its obligations and noted that its enriched uranium stockpile was far above agreed limits.
US tightens pressure
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on 38 individuals and companies from Iran and China accused of supplying Iran’s military procurement network. The Treasury Department said the network provided missile technology and helicopter parts to Iran’s defense ministry. It said the move was part of efforts to enforce renewed UN sanctions and deny Tehran access to advanced technologies.
Iran has rejected the return of UN sanctions as illegal and without effect. The foreign ministry said any attempt to revive resolutions that ended in 2015 was “null and void” and created no obligation for member states.
The government, parliament and the people will withstand the snapback sanctions through unity, Iran's parliament deputy speaker Ali Nikzad said Friday.
“The snapback lacks legal logic and enemies have always acted by force,” Nikzad added.
“The enemy tried to apply pressure with the snapback, but people, government and parliament will pass this ridge with unity and solidarity.”
