Hemmati Reports Higher Import Currency Supply This Year
Sahmino Newsroom | 8 November 2026 | 7 days ago
Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said at a public and private-sector dialogue meeting in Bushehr on the night of Saturday, November 7, 2026 (16 Aban 1405) that nearly $30 billion in foreign exchange has been supplied for imports since the start of the Iranian year, much of it for staples, medicine and production inputs. On October 21, 2026 (29 Mehr 1405) he had cited $27 billion.
Archival image of Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati alongside his November 7, 2026 remarks on import currency supply.
Archive photo | Source: Mehr News
Hemmati added that the banking system has extended more than 9,000 trillion tomans of credit since the start of the year, over 75% of it to finance businesses and working capital. He said support for production must accompany monetary discipline and that the central bank is ready to finance rebuilding of damaged units in Asaluyeh.
In his account, measures taken over the past 40 days have put the exchange rate on a downward path. These are the governor's figures from that meeting.
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Over the same days, US Dollar rose 1.9 percent, to 2,699,000 rial.
Over the same days, Emami coin fell 1.9 percent, to 2,525,150,000 rial.
- US Dollar
- +1.9%
- Emami coin
- −1.9%
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