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2021-06-19 11:23
Raeisi wins presidential vote in Iran with a landslide victory
TEHRAN – Ebrahim Raeisi won the June 18 presidential election with a landslide victory, defeating his three other rivals with a wide margin.
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2021-06-19 09:13
Rezaei, Hemmati, Qazizadeh congratulate Raeisi for winning presidential polls
TEHRAN – Mohsen Rezaei, Abdolnasser Hemmati and Amir Hossein Qazizadeh issued separate messages on Saturday morning congratulating Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi for winning the June 18 presidential elections.
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2021-06-02 21:53
Hemmati asks politicians to go “on leave”
TEHRAN — In an interview on Wednesday, presidential contender Abdolnasser Hemmati said that Iran needs an economist president right now, asking politicians to go on a “4-year leave”.
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2021-06-01 09:50
Candidates express concerns and present plans
TEHRAN — As we get closer to the election day, candidates begin campaigns in social media, TV and radio. The Tehran Times gathered all the remarks the presidential candidates made in the past 24 hours.
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2021-05-29 22:24
Hemmati says high turnout is only solution to change the situation
TEHRAN — In a tweet posted on Saturday, Abdolnasser Hemmati, a presidential candidate for the June elections, asked the fans of the disqualified candidates whether refusing to vote can help improve the situation or not?
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2021-05-04 12:49
CBI allocates over $23b to provide capital for SMEs
TEHRAN – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has announced that one quadrillion rials (about $23.8 billion) is going to be allocated for providing working capital to the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).
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2021-04-16 15:56
IMF revises estimates of Iran’s reserves following CBI objection
TEHRAN - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its estimate of Iran’s total gross official reserves to $115 billion, following the Central Bank of Iran (CBI)’s objection about the fund’s incorrect estimates of the mentioned index.
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2021-03-03 14:02
CBI, Urban Development Ministry discuss financing housing plan
TEHRAN – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati and the Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami discussed ways of financing the National Housing Action Plan in a meeting on Tuesday.
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2021-02-23 23:07
Iran, South Korea close to unlocking frozen assets
TEHRAN – After months of a bitter dispute over Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks due to the United States sanctions, Tehran and Seoul seem to be inching towards an agreement on unblocking the assets.
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2021-02-17 15:42
Over $32b supplied for import of basic goods since last March
TEHRAN- Despite the negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the Iranian economy, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has managed to supply $32 billion for importing basic commodities since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020), CBI governor informed on Wednesday.
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2021-02-03 15:57
Iran discusses ways for using its frozen assets with Iraq
TEHRAN – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati met with the Chairman of Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) Salem Chalabi on Wednesday to discuss ways for using the country’s assets in the mentioned country.
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2021-01-20 12:26
Iran urges S. Korea to compensate for 2-year delay in oil payments
TEHRAN – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati has said that South Korean banks must compensate for the damages caused by the two years of delay in freeing Iran’s oil money.
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2020-12-13 15:34
GDP growth turns positive in H1
TEHRAN – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati announced that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth (both with and without oil) has become positive, IRIB reported.
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2020-10-26 12:45
CBI governor calls controlling inflation 'a major priority'
TEHRAN – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati stressed controlling inflation as a major priority of the bank in the current economic condition, IRIB reported.
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2020-10-13 21:51
Strengthening ties despite pressures
TEHRAN – From China through Russia to Iraq, Iran proactively takes measures to boost its economic ties with countries around the world as the United States doubles down on its renewed efforts to isolate Iran from the global financial system.
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2020-10-12 14:26
Iran’s central banker visits Baghdad, meets Iraqi counterpart
TEHRAN – Abdolnasser Hemmati, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), visited Baghdad on Monday morning to resolve “complicated banking issues” between Iran and Iraq.
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2020-09-14 11:12
CBI governor, private sector representatives discuss forex issues
TEHRAN – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) held a meeting with the board of directors of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) to discuss issues related to the reinjection of the private sector’s foreign currency incomes into the economy.
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2020-06-19 14:30
Iran to use its financial resources in Iraq to import basic goods: CBI governor
TEHRAN - Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati says Iran and Iraq are going to implement an agreement in the coming weeks based on which Iran is going to use its energy export revenues in Iraq for supplying basic goods, IRNA reported.
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2020-05-29 17:04
Over $3b allocated to supply basic goods in 2 months
TEHRAN – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said the bank has managed to supply over $3 billion foreign currency for importing basic goods in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-April 19).
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2020-05-10 16:09
‘Supporting domestic production is priority of banking system’
TEHRAN – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says promoting domestic production is the main priority of the country’s banking system in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 19), the bank’s portal reported.
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2020-04-25 21:45
EU’s Borrell chides U.S. for blocking Iran loan from IMF
Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, on Wednesday criticized the U.S. for blocking an Iranian request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund, Politico reported on April 22
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2020-04-05 10:23
Tourism minister proposes days off after coronavirus crisis ends
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Saturday proposed the government to announce days off after the country overcomes the coronavirus crisis in a bid to help the battered tourism sector make a rebound.
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2020-03-25 21:51
Part of Iran’s assets in foreign countries may be released: central banker
TEHRAN – Central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati announced on Wednesday that part of the Iranian assets that had been illegally frozen in foreign banks because the U.S. sanctions may be gradually unblocked.
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2020-03-15 14:36
Iran’s 9-month non-oil GDP growth at 1.3%: CBI
TEHRAN – Iran's gross domestic product, excluding the oil sector, has registered a positive growth rate of 1.3 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 -December 21, 2019), IRIB reported, quoting the governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI).
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2020-02-28 13:40
‘Iran establishes intl. banking ties beyond FATF’
TEHRAN - The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says the country has established international banking ties that are unsanctionable and also do not relate to FATF, Mehr news agency reported.
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2020-02-04 19:01
Iran not relying on Swiss mechanism for supplying medicine, basic goods
TEHRAN – Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati has said Iran is not relying on the recently launched Swiss-based mechanism for supplying agricultural commodities and medicine.
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2020-01-05 13:31
‘Thwarting U.S. economic pressure best way to follow martyr Soleimani’s path’
TEHRAN – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says neutralizing U.S. plans for economic pressure on the country is the best way to follow the path of Martyr Soleimani, IRIB reported on Saturday.
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2019-10-21 21:24
NIMA supplies over €20b for imports of goods, services since April 2018
TEHRAN - Iran’s domestic Forex Management Integrated System (locally known as NIMA) has supplied over €20 billion for imports of goods and services since it was launched in April 2018 up to October 20, 2019, IRNA reported.
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2019-10-02 20:21
Iranian rial regains value by 40% in a year: CBI
TEHRAN – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said the value of Iranian currency, rial, has recovered by over 40 percent against U.S. dollar in the past 12 months, IRIB reported.
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2019-09-23 17:34
CBI governor visits Kuwait to attend intl. banking conference
TEHRAN – The governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) traveled to Kuwait on Monday to attend an international banking conference in the neighboring country, IRNA reported.
