Iran Currency News

Iran Currency News

Follow the latest news stories about Iran currency market, future, forex rates, and Iranian gold coin prices.

  • Majlis Expects Central Bank of Iran to Stabilize Forex Market
    In the wake of the government authorization to the Central Bank of Iran to intervene in the foreign exchange market, the head of Majlis Economic Affairs Commission Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi said...
  • New Mechanism for Meeting Currency Needs
    Plans are underway for eleven agent banks to sell foreign currency to non-commercial, everyday purposes as part of a new mechanism to reform the volatile currency market, says  Mehdi Kasraei-Pour,...
  • CBI Allowed to Intervene in Forex Market
    The government on Saturday authorized the central bank to intervene in the foreign exchange market to prop the rial after the currency fell to record lows in recent weeks against major currencies...
  • Iran: Foreign Currency Accounts Exceed $10m
    The value of foreign currency accounts in local banks has exceeded $10 million, following increasing public interest in such accounts, the Central Bank of Iran reported on Thursday. Annual...
  • Tehran Market: Euro and USD Keep Climbing
    Foreign exchange rates were again defiant and continued to climb on Tuesday with the US dollar surpassing the all-time high of 160,000 rials.  According to the Tehran Gold and Jewelry Union...
  • Currency, Gold at New High in Tehran Market
    The foreign exchange market heated up again on Monday to post fresh records for the US dollar and other major currencies as they gained considerably against the plummeting rial. The dollar was...
  • Support for  Forex Measures
    The head of Competition Council welcomed efforts made by the Central Bank of Iran to stabilize the currency market, saying CBI has taken positive measures to improve the conditions under the...
  • CBI: Currency Inflow Growing Steadily
    Governor of the Central Bank of Iran said on Saturday that since his bank allowed the import of hard currency by money exchange houses and other legal and natural persons, the inflow has been...
  • Arrest Over Afghan Forex Smuggling
    A man has been arrested for smuggling $38,000 from Afghanistan to Iran, an Afghan official said on Tuesday. The cash was being carried to the neighboring country in a cement truck, said Jelani...
  • IRICA: Gold, Forex Imports Not Smuggling
    The import of foreign currency does not amount to smuggling and their import, as well as those of gold, is permitted without restriction, a directive issued to all customs offices across the...
  • CBA Concerned About Forex Outflow to Iran
    The Central Bank of Afghanistan raised concerns about the increasing smuggling of US dollars to neighboring countries, especially Iran, from Afghanistan and warned that this could further impact...
  • SCI Surveys Dollar Value Changes in Q1 Foreign Trade
    The first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21) saw exports and imports in dollar terms of “Fishing” sector register the most remarkable changes, the Statistical Center of Iran...
  • €3.2 Billion for Essential Imports
    Central Bank of Iran Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati announced on his Instagram page that €3.2 billion have been allocated for the import of essential goods in the past one month. Hemmati added that...
  • CBI Censured Over Policy Inconsistency
    Members of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture’s Board of Representatives convened on Tuesday to discuss the latest status of the economy, particularly the anguish caused...
  • Currency Repatriation Rules Notified
    The Central Bank of Iran notified a directive on Monday, elaborating on rules based on which exporters are required to bring back their export earnings into the “economic cycle” of the country. The...
  • Currency Volatility Due to Foreign Pressure, Domestic Issues
    President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday weighed in on foreign exchange volatility that has seen the rial sink to consecutive record lows since April, saying that the crisis has been triggered by both...
  • Pharmaceutical Importers Body  Elaborates on Supply Shortage
    Iran government’s fight with hoarding is heating up.  Back-to-back reports being published on police confiscating goods in warehouses across the country are meant to assure people that, despite...
  • Rials Pares Losses on Central Bank Moves
    Iran’s rial recouped some of its losses after hitting a record low against the US dollar on Thursday on the open market, according to reports, as the economy continues to face pressure from the...
  • Secondary Market Trade Buoyant
    While the unofficial currency market enters a bull run, a Central Bank of Iran official said trade in the Secondary Forex Market is increasing, with deals breaking a record on Tuesday.   Mehdi...
  • Call for Cheap Currency Elimination
    President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture called for the total elimination of cheap currency offered at the 42,000-rial exchange rate. Speaking at the 77th Government...
  • List of Subsidized Imports Gets Longer
    Seventy-five new items have been included among essential goods that can be imported by receiving foreign currency at the subsidized rate. This has been announced by Minister of Industries, Mining...
  • CBI Reassures Forex  Flow as Rally Persists
    As the intense rally persists in the foreign currency market, the Central Bank of Iran issued a statement on Tuesday to assure the public that the bank's main concern continues to be provision of...
  • Airlines Anxious About Rising Costs, Dwindling Business
    Airlines have recently voiced concerns about their future operations, underscoring their most serious problems in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani.  Just like other economic sectors in Iran,...
  • Forex Rally Intensifies
    The foreign exchange market intensified its rally on Monday, with the rial dropping to new lows against most major currencies.  According to reports from currency exchange houses and the...
  • Gold Coin, Forex Markets Heating Up Again
    The currency and gold coin markets heated up again on Sunday, keeping up a rally that started from the beginning of the trading week on Saturday.  The rally was apparently sparked by a speech...

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