29 Mar 2024
Wednesday 19 December 2018 - 11:25
Story Code : 331318

Iran steers exporters to defend Rial against US sanctions

Bloomberg - Irans reshuffled economics team is trying a new tactic to defend the rial against U.S. sanctions -- ordering exporters to sell their foreign-currency earnings on a government-regulated trading platform.

The directive to use the online platform is meant to steer more foreign currency into the system, thus aiding government efforts to "deal with the enemys hostility," the semi-official Tasnim News reported, citing Economy Minister Farhad Dejpasand.

Irans rial has lost as much as 70 percent of its value against the dollar since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal in May and reimposed harsh sanctions on the Islamic Republics economy. The directive has been "finalized" by President Hassan Rouhanis government, according to Dejpasand, and will be sent to parliament for its approval.
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