Hemmati Defends CBI Performance

With the new fiscal year fast approaching, senior managers of Central Bank of Iran met on Tuesday where the governor defended the bank's performance during the course of the past 12 months. 
Abdolnasser Hemmati recalled that his team had steered the central bank through unusually tough economic times as a result of the US economic blockade. 
"Despite the pressures and restrictions, the central bank's performance is defendable," he told the meeting, the CBI website reported.