SHANA – The head of the Central Bank of Iran said that petrochemical companies were the vanguard of supplying the country's needed foreign currency.

Addressing a meeting if Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with petrochemical industrialists on Monday, the CBI chief, Abdullah Nasser Hemmati, said that petrochemical companies had performed well, adding the sector had supplied 20% of the country’s need for foreign exchange.

“The petrochemical industry’s performance has been remarkable and we were able to supply the country with foreign exchange despite the unprecedented pressure of the enemies,” he said.