TEHRAN -- The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Wednesday announced the official buying and selling rates for leading world currencies against the Iranian rial as follows:

Currency Buying Selling -------- ------ ------- Euro 16431652 Australian dollar 986 992 Canadian dollar 1167 1174 Japaneseyen (100) 1508 1516 Norwegian krone 199 200 British pound 26012616 Swedish krona 186 187 U.S. dollar 1750 1755 Danish krone220 222 Swiss franc 1078 1084 UAE dirham 476 479 Saudi riyal467 469 Kuwaiti dinar 5727 5760 Bahraini dinar 4648 4674 Qatarriyal 480 483 Rial Omani 4545 4571 Syrian pound 39 42

(IRNA)