Cases of 271 Currency Violators With 300 Trillion Tomans in Suspicious Transactions Sent to Prosecutors

Iran's Central Bank said on Saturday, 21 Shahrivar 1405 (September 12, 2026), that over the past month it referred the cases of 271 individuals, involved in a combined 300 trillion tomans (300 hemmat) of suspicious transactions that disrupted the country's monetary and currency system, to judicial authorities for prosecution.

According to the statement, the Central Bank, working with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance and other regulatory and judicial bodies, monitors suspicious banking transactions, and as a first step, under clause (b) of Article 42 of the Central Bank Law, referred the identities of individuals suspected of disrupting the currency and precious metals market to the Prosecutor General. It also said that, under clause (a) of the same law, the accounts of individuals suspected of money laundering were frozen after confirmation from the Financial Intelligence Unit, with severe banking restrictions imposed on them. The Central Bank added that cash penalties were imposed on 10 banks this month, and the violation files of some non compliant banks were referred to the banking disciplinary board.