‘Iran ditches dollar in transactions with several countries’

TEHRAN- Iran has made mutual monetary agreements with some countries on the way to abolish U.S. dollar in its financial transactions and the issue will be incrementally generalized to other countries in future,” the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced in a meeting with Iranian economists on Monday, IRNA reported.

EU plans to do all oil transactions with other states in euros: Iran

The European Union is going to ditch the US dollar and use its own currency in oil contracts worth 300 billion euros, an Iranian official said, quoting a European commissioner.

By Mahmood Khaghani in association with Chris Cook

Iran at the crossroad of 1398 budget

TEHRAN - A journalist called me the other day and requested my opinion with regard to the next Iranian year 1398 budget that it seems the government considers oil prices will be higher than 50 dollars per barrel. I, in turn, asked a Senior Research Fellow at University College London about his prediction with respect to oil market during 2019. He said: "As a wise man said, "It is difficult to make forecasts, especially about the future."

By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

Reactions to rial rally

Simultaneous with the decrease in foreign exchange rates and regain of rial, commencing as of Monday evening, other markets including gold, mobile phone and auto have shown a green light to the prices decline.

Use of dollar in trade declining, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the use of dollar in trade is declining and this has been caused by the U.S. adoption of sanctions against other countries.

By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

After repeated record lows, rial recovers unexpectedly

Following government’s Saturday measure to grant authority to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) to interfere in the foreign exchange market in defense of the rial, the Iranian currency started to regain incrementally.

By Mahmood Khaghani

EU, Iran clearing the way for business and trade

The news that Germany, France & UK are actively considering a “Clearing House” to facilitate Iran's global commerce is probably the most important development in financial & energy markets for many years.

Iran joins hand with Russia, Turkey to dump dollar in trade

TEHRAN – Iran has discussed trade in national currencies with Russia and Turkey in order to reduce the impact of U.S. dollar on the three countries’ trade and economies, ILNA reported on Saturday quoting Central bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati.

Iran, Iraq dump dollar in bilateral trade

TEHRAN- Chairman of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Yahya Ale-Es’haq announced that Iran and Iraq have dumped dollar for rial, dinar and euro in their mutual financial transactions, Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.

‘Russia may ditch dollar in oil trade as it is too risky’

The U.S. dollar is not a reliable tool for payments in international trade, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Russian media. Payments in national currencies might be used instead, he said.