Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was defending his administration before parliament after recent tensions with the US. A majority of lawmakers were not satisfied with his explanations and have referred his handling of the economy to judicial review.
Federation of Money Changers of Herat estimates $2 to $3M cross the porous western Afghan borders into Iran daily. US sanctions have made Tehran desperate for dollars and neighbouring Afghanistan's dollarised economy is an obvious source.
Reza Zarrab, the US government's key witness in the trial of Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla, once said it's necessary in America to admit to crimes that never occurred to get out of prison, defence lawyers wrote in a letter to the trial judge.