Overdue export foreign-currency commitments above 3 million euros to be referred to prosecutors

Under clause 1 of the resolution of the 12th session of the Judiciary's special task force on effectively combating economic corruption in the foreign-currency field, the head of the General Inspection Organization, the Central Bank of Iran and operating banks are required, as soon as the deadline for fulfilling export foreign-currency commitments expires, to file complaints with the public and revolutionary prosecutor's office for cases above 3 million euros, and to refer cases below that amount to the Government Discretionary Punishment Organization (Tazirat).

Under clause 3 of the resolution of the task force's 13th session, managers in the banking network who fail to take legal action to collect allocated foreign currency are to be referred to the banks' disciplinary board.

The provisions were communicated to the banking network in a circular dated 10 Mordad 1405 (1 August 2026) by the deputy for legal and parliamentary affairs. The stated legal basis includes Article 10 of the Government Discretionary Punishment Law and Note 7 of Article 2 bis of the Law on Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling.