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CBI: Iran’s subsidized currency allocations at over $42 in Mar-Dec

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has earmarked more than $42 billion worth of hard currency for imports and other basic needs of the country in the first nine months of the calendar year that began in late March.

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Publish Date:21/December/2025 | 15:50

Iran approves plan to slash four zeros from currency

Iran’s parliament today approved a plan to remove four zeros from the national currency, the rial, which has sharply depreciated as the country grapples with renewed sanctions.

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Publish Date:05/October/2025 | 13:17

Iran Backs Formation of SCO Bank

The governor of the Central Bank of Iran expressed Tehran’s support for the idea of establishing a joint bank of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

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Publish Date:10/June/2025 | 14:31

Iran's central bank reports record sales in its gold auctions

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has reported a record sale in its last round of gold auctions held in the calendar year ending March 20.

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Publish Date:16/March/2025 | 12:47

Iran's central bank tries to facilitate trade for merchants :Farzin

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mohammadreza Farzin has said that "We seek to facilitate for traders their international monetary communications with destination countries."

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Publish Date:04/February/2025 | 21:41

Central Bank of Iran: Pace of Broad Money Growth Slows

EghtesadOnline: Data released by the Central Bank of Iran show that money supply grew at a slower pace in the Iranian calendar month ending Nov 21 compared to the month before.

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Publish Date:28/December/2021 | 17:36

Caps on Working Capital Loans

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran in an edict to banks announced caps for working capital loans.

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Publish Date:26/October/2021 | 14:53

Sight Deposits Attractive Still

EghtesadOnline: Central Bank of Iran data shows despite decline in growth of sight deposits, depositors are keen about keeping their money in banks so long as term interest rates on deposits and sight deposits are attractive.

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Publish Date:07/August/2021 | 13:46

Iran's CB: Bahrain Court Ruling Is a Political Statement

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran in a statement strongly condemned a Bahraini court’s ruling against Iranian banks, asking the kingdom’s judicial authorities to stop legal action in the case.

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Publish Date:03/August/2021 | 13:26

Central Bank of Iran’s Monthly Survey of Tehran’s Housing Market

EghtesadOnline: A total of 5,071 homes were sold in Tehran during the fourth month of the current fiscal year (June 22-July 22), registering a decrease of 0.6% and 63.9% compared with the preceding month and the same month of last year.

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Publish Date:02/August/2021 | 14:07

Central Bank of Iran’s Monthly Survey of Tehran’s Housing Market

EghtesadOnline: A total of 5,071 homes were sold in Tehran during the fourth month of the current fiscal year (June 22-July 22), registering a decrease of 0.6% and 63.9% compared with the preceding month and the same month of last year.

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Publish Date:01/August/2021 | 24:08

Gov't Borrowing From Central Bank Rises 50%

EghtesadOnline: A Central Bank of Iran report said the government’s debt to the banking sector increased by 50.8% in the last fiscal year that ended in March.

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Publish Date:19/July/2021 | 11:56

Rules Announced for Setting Up Credit Rating Agencies

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has published rules for the establishment of credit rating firms.

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Publish Date:14/July/2021 | 24:47

Economy in Recovery Mode

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran says volatility in the currency market is ephemeral. In a press release published on its public relations website, it said “macroeconomic variables improved last year despite escalation in the US economic sanctions and outbreak of Covid-19.”

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Publish Date:05/July/2021 | 24:44

Bond Auctions to Resume With $1 Billion on Offer

EghtesadOnline: Bond auctions by the government will resume next Tuesday, the Central Bank of Iran said Tuesday. It will mark the first round of the weekly auctions in the present fiscal year that started in March.

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Publish Date:19/May/2021 | 24:14

New Rules Tighten Oversight of Banks’ Lending Procedures

EghtesadOnlne: The Central Bank of Iran Tuesday unveiled the ‘Centralized Database for Loans and Commitments’ known by its Persian acronym Samat, planned to enhance the CBI’s oversight of loans by banks.

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Publish Date:19/May/2021 | 11:49

Interbank Lending Picks Up

EghtesadOnline: Data released by the Central Bank of Iran indicate that banks handled transactions worth almost 775.3 trillion rials ($3.2 billion) a day at the interbank market in the previous fiscal year (March 2020-21).

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Publish Date:24/April/2021 | 24:35

Iran's CB Refutes IMF Data on Currency Reserves

EghtesadOnline: The governor of Central Bank of Iran rejected the IMF’s estimation of Iran’s currency reserve in its latest report published last week.

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Publish Date:17/April/2021 | 19:04

Central Bank of Iran Says Not Swaying Stock Market

EghtesadOnline: Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati has denied accusations that the CBI's interest rate policy had a role in the stock market collapse in the last calendar year that ended in March.

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Publish Date:10/April/2021 | 24:45

POS Terminals in Breach Disabled

EghtesadOnline: Central Bank of Iran has inactivated 2.5 million POS terminals across the country based on newly-passed tax regulations for POS terminals.

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Publish Date:08/March/2021 | 19:11