Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says Iran's “war with America” would entail "problems" and "casualties" for the people.
Years of mismanagement, populist policies, corruption and sanctions have led to a huge government debt to banks in Iran.
The head of Iran's judiciary has threatened the media with prosecution if they cover sex tourism by Iraqis.
Iran's first vice-president Es'haq Jahangiri has admitted on Tuesday, September 11 that US sanctions against Iran have been "highly effective."
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Iran's armed forces to strengthen themselves in order to "scare the enemy."
Various Iranian officials scramble to come up with vaguely defined measures to deal with U.S. sanctions.
The presidents of Russia, Turkey, and Iran meet on September 7 for a summit in Tehran amid hopes that they will be able to avert a bloody fight in the last opposition stronghold in Syria where forces have been amassing for battle.
Two reformist members of the Iranian Parliament have called for putting major domestic and foreign policy issues to a public vote. In their speeches on September 4, Parvaneh Salahshouri and Gholamreza Heidari called for a referendum to solve problems regarding foreign policy, state TV, the Guardian Council's intervention in elections, and the Assembly of Experts' supervision of the supreme leader's behavior.
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