A former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) and one of his deputies along with other government officials have been given long prison sentences over a case related to turbulences in the countrys foreign currency market beginning 2016. Valiollah Seif had been sentenced to 10 years in prison over his role inmismanagement of Irans foreign currency ...

Bloomberg - Irans former Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif, whos under investigation, has been banned from traveling abroad, state-run Tasnim news agency reported, citing a judiciary official. The case is under investigation as there are other employees from the central bank and beyond who have accusations against them, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein ...

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed the former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) as his new adviser in monetary and banking affairs. In a decree released on Thursday, Rouhani appointed Valiollah Seif as the presidential adviser on monetary and banking affairs. In late July, Seif was replaced by Abdonnaser Hemmati after ...

Tasnim The Iranian Judiciary is investigating the former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) over recent economic corruption cases, the Judiciarys Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei announced. Speaking at a televised program on Saturday night, Ejei said some government officials have been investigated for possible involvement in the recent ...

MNA An Iranian MP said on Tuesday that the former CBI governor Valiollah Seif must be held liable for rigging in gold and currency markets. Mohammad Hassannejad, a member of Iranian Parliament's Economic Commission, said that the former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif must be held responsible for riggings in the markets ...

MNA Parviz Sorouri, the Secretary General of the Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution called for the prosecution of former CBI governor Seif for the recent national currency devaluation in the country. An Iranian politician told Mehr News Agency that Iranian Central Bank (CBI) is the main suspect to be prosecuted in regards with latest ...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Iran replaced its central bank chief on Wednesday, local media reported, amid fallout over banking scandals and the crisis facing the country's economy. Valiollah Seif, who had served as the bank's governor since President Hassan Rouhani took power in August 2013, was replaced by Abdolnasser Hemmati following a cabinet meeting,...

Reuters - Irans cabinet appointed new heads at two of the governments top economic institutions, as the country grapples with a faltering economy and a sliding currency that have provoked public protests. President Hassan Rouhani has come under increasing pressure from hardliners to reshuffle his economic team, and senior government officials had ...

MNA Abdolnasser Hemmati has been appointed by Rouhanis cabinet as the new governor of Central Bank of Iran, replacing Valiollah Seif. Rouhanis cabinet on Wednesday gave Abdolnasser Hemmati a vote of confidence to replace Valiollah Seif as the governor of the Central Bank of Iran. Hemmatihad previously served as the president of Central ...

MNA Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif revealed the implementation of monetary treaties with the countries including Iraq, Russia and Republic of Azerbaijan. Turning to the situation of monetary treaties, he said, we are fully aware of the bilateral and multilateral monetary treaties and in this regard, monetary treaties have ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Protesters swarm Irans Grand Bazaar in Tehran Protesters in the Iranian capital swarmed its historic Grand Bazaar on Monday, news agencies reported, and forced shopkeepers to close their stalls in apparent anger over the Islamic Republics troubled economy, months after similar ...

Tasnim Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif announced that the country plans to establish a secondary currency market in coming days as the Iranian rial has plunged to an all-time low against the US dollar. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting withparliamentarians in Tehran on Monday, Seif said a detailed plan ...

IRNA Based on an MoUs signed with Chinese officials, the banking problems of Iranian student in China will be solved, the Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday night on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in China, Valliollah Seif said the Chinese ...

Press TV - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that it will continue cooperation with Governor of Iran's Central Bank (CBI) Valiollah Seif despite the new US sanctions against the Iranian official. "Iran is a member of the IMF, and as with all our members, the IMF will continue to work with Governor Seif and the Central Bank, consistent ...

IRNA Foreign Ministry in a statement blasted the US for re-imposing sanctions against Governor of Central Bank of Iran, and said that behavior of the US government showed that it has no respect for its international commitments. According to the report of Foreign Ministry Media Department on Wednesday, the statement said the US Treasury Department's ...

Financial Tribune- For the first time after the government decided to unify the US dollar's exchange rate more than a month ago, the Central Bank of Iran has allowed for a minor increase in its rate. The CBI set the rate at 42,050 rials on its website on Monday, allowing for a 50-rial increase. Although infinitesimal, the change indicates the government's ...

MNA Valiollah Seif, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran said on Sunday that despite US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Europeans are trying to keep Iran in the deal and compensate for the damages caused by Americans, as they have kept their central banks in touch with Iran. The contacts between the central banks of Europe and the Central ...

LobeLog | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)sanctioned Valiollah Seif, governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, accusing him of moving millions of dollars on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to Hezbollah. OFACs ...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, May 16, and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Several papers today covered the outcome of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifs talks with the E3 top diplomats as ...

IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said here Wednesday that the US measure to impose sanction on Governor of Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif like other measures taken by Washington is illegal. Speaking to reporters at the end of his meeting with his European counterpart, he said during the meeting there was good discussion about ...