Iran announces new Strait of Hormuz exercises
(NEWSER) - Western officials are fairly sanguine that Iran's recent provocations are only posturing. But on the streets of Tehran, sanctions are taking a real toll, and the populace expects violence, the Washington Post reports. The country is in the midst of a currency crisis that has made prices shoot up on everything from iPhones to crucial medicine—when either can be found at all. "I will tell you what this is leading to: war," says one merchant. "My family, friends and I—we are all desperate." More»
