A special inside Story show from Kuala Lumpur where we examine how the financial turmoil on Wall Street has affected Asian markets and economies.

Gulf markets were nursing losses of about 17 percent each last week, wiping out most of the years gains. This leads us to the central question: are the Gulf States in fact sheltered from the global financial meltdown?

Iran is one of the few countries in the world that will remain immune from a worldwide financial downturn, despite having economic problems of its own. Al Jazeera’s Alireza Ronaghi reports from Tehran where the people are shielding from the global economic crisis.

Riz Khan talks to Supachai Panitchpakdi, one of Asia’s leading financial minds.