0612 GMT: Chicken Watch. Khabar Online posts a chart of "official" chicken prices, putting fresh poultry at 5200 Toman per kilogramme (about $1.90 per pound at official rate) and frozen at 3100 Toman.
Reports indicate that the "open-market" rate for fresh chicken has been up to 9000 Toman per kilogramme in parts of Tehran, leading to lengthy queues for poultry at the official price.
0535 GMT: A different start to Friday, as we take a glance at debate within the reformist camp.
The leading issue for most Iranians might be the here-and-now of the economy, but it was the question of the next Presidential election that was dominating news about the reformists. Former President Mohammad Khatami, adjusting his position of 2011 calling for fulfillment of conditions before participation in a campaign --- he later voted in March's Parliamentary ballot --- has said there has a been a "small sign of change", so reformists must reach an agreed position over the 2013 Presidential vote.
Reports indicate that Khatami put out his message after talks with other leading reformists, including his brother Mohammad Reza Khatami and the Minister of Interior in his Government, Abdollah Nouri. However, at least one prominent reformist, MP Mohammad Reza Tabesh, has objected that the conditions for involvement --- Khatami had set out freeing of political prisoners, freedom for political parties, and adherence to the Constitution --- have not been met.
Meanwhile, there was a reminder for Mohammad Khatami that even an embrace of the 2013 election may not bring an easy reunion with others within the Iranian system. "Hard-line" MP and cleric Ahmed Salek declared that, with more than 100 senior reformists sentenced after the disputed 2009 Presidential vote for cooperation with fitna (sedition), Khatami and Nouri "must pay a heavy price for their return" to the system.
Salek focused on Nouri's recent proposal for a referendum on Iran's nuclear programme, saying it "supported the Satanic beliefs of the world".
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