Abdolnaser Hemmati

CBI governor:

Efforts underway to increase oil foreign exchange revenues

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Sunday that the country is planning to increase foreign exchange earnings in oil sector.
2019-08-25 11:47
Hemmati:

Inauguration of integrated forex market deferred due to software problems

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said on Wednesday that official inauguration of integrated forex market is postponed since some of the Iranian banks and foreign exchange shops have not been able to install the required software by the set deadline.
2019-08-07 17:18
CBI gov.:

Eliminating 4 zero from national currency not to impact inflation rate

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday that crossing out four zeros from national currency, Rial, will have no impact on inflation rate adding that the central bank is ready to implement the plan.
2019-08-06 21:04
Govt. agrees to slice four zeros off national currency

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – The Iranian government has approved a plan to take four zeros off the national currency in a bid to curb the tide of liquidity and boost the rial again.
2019-07-31 12:05
$27.5bn of forex offered at NIMA in a year: CBI gov.

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati announced on Tuesday that as of July 23, 2018 some $27 billion of foreign exchange has been offered at the Integrated Forex Deals System (NIMA).
2019-07-30 17:42
CBI to launch Integrated Forex Market by mid-August

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – The Central Bank of Iran is planning to launch the Integrated Forex Deals System (Persian acronym for Nima) by mid-August.
2019-07-28 09:53
CBI gov. arrives in Ankara to hold banking, monetary talks

TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is now in the Turkish capital to hold mutual talks on expansion of banking and monetary cooperation.
2019-07-18 14:08
Hemmati:

Controlling liquidity, protecting production main targets of central bank

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday that as in the previous year, the main goals of the central bank are controlling liquidity volume and protecting domestic production.
2019-07-16 14:23
By: Mahnaz Abdi

‘Productive Financing’, CBI’s new plan for supporting production units

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Like the other economic bodies of the country, Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has defined supporting production as its major plan in the current Iranian calendar year, which is named the Year of Pickup in Production, and in this regard CBI Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati has several times stressed that supporting production units to flourish production is the priority of the country’s banking system in current year.
2019-07-07 21:20
INSTEX should be funded by Iran's oil export to EU: Hemmati

TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said that INSTEX needs to be funded by exports of Iranian oil to European countries.
2019-06-30 19:58
Oil exports rising despite US sanctions, says CBI governor

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, said Wed. that despite sanctions and US’ efforts to undermine Iran’s oil sector, the country’s oil exports are on the rise.
2019-06-26 13:06
CBI governor:

INSTEX not to work miracles, Europeans should purchase Iranian oil

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – “I do believe that INSTEX will not work miracles; monetary transactions should be done via it and for that Europeans should purchase our oil or open credit lines for Iran,” the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolanser Hemmati said in a televised interview last night.
2019-06-23 21:30
CBI calls on Europe to buy Iran’s oil or create financial line

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran has called on Europeans to purchase Iranian oil or establish a financial line with Iran.
2019-06-19 19:41
Iran calls on S Korea to solve banking problems

TEHRAN, Jun. 04 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati criticized Korean banks for blocking the access of Iran to its assets, calling on South Korea to solve the problem as soon as possible.
2019-06-04 17:48
CBI governor in S Korea for monetary talks

TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, landed in South Korean capital Seoul on Sunday evening to hold talks on financial and monetary issues with Korean officials in banking and economic sectors.
2019-06-03 10:13
$8.3bn supplied for imports of basic good in 70 days: CBI gov.

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati announced on Saturday that in a 70-day-time span as of March 21, some $8.3 billion have been supplied to import basic goods.
2019-06-01 13:24
CBI governor criticizes S. Korean banks for non-cooperation due to US sanctions

TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – In a meeting with the Ambassador of South Korea to Tehran Ryu Jeong-hyun, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati criticized Korean banks for blocking the access of Iran to its assets under US sanctions.
2019-05-28 20:52
CBI not to eliminate forex management integrated system NIMA: governor

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati announced that the central bank is not intended to omit Iran's domestic Foreign Exchange Management Integrated System (locally known as NIMA) from domestic forex trade market.
2019-05-25 15:25
$18.7bn of exports forex revenues returned: CBI gov.

TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – “As of the beginning of the present Iranian year (March 21), about $18.7 billion of foreign exchange revenues earned via non-oil exports have been returned to the country’s economy cycle,” the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati announced on Tuesday.
2019-05-21 19:19
Hemmati lashes out at EU for ‘threadbare’ remarks over INSTEX

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran criticized European countries for repeating ‘threadbare’ remarks over their promised trade mechanism for Iran (INSTEX) and their failure to make it operational.
2019-05-14 10:57
CBI gov. announces plan to curb inflation

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati announced the bank’s plan for controlling the fluctuating macroeconomic variables including inflation on his Instagram page on Sunday.
2019-04-28 12:58
Forex market controlled for the nth time: CBI governor

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – "The illusion about any instability or inflation in domestic foreign exchange market, which was constantly spoken of, is broken for the nth time by the Central Bank of Iran’s (CBI) management," the central bank governor Abdol-Naser Hemmati wrote on his Instagram on Wednesday.
2019-04-24 12:52
CBI gov. in Iraq for talks on banking transactions

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Governor of Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, has traveled to the Iraqi capital Baghdad to follow up on the implementation of banking agreements between the two sides, according to an informed source.
2019-04-23 09:15
Iran, Switzerland to witness increase in banking ties: Swiss envoy

TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA) – In a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the Swiss ambassador to Tehran, Marcos Lightner announced that the two countries are to witness a growth in their mutual banking ties.
2019-04-18 18:19
CBI denies rumors of loan request from IMF

TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) – Central Bank of Iran has dismissed rumors about Tehran’s request for a loan from International Monetary Fund.
2019-04-14 08:57
CBI governor:

US' blacklisting of IRGC not to influence Iranian markets

TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – The US move to brandish IRGC as a terrorist group will have no impact on stability in Iranian domestic markets, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced.
2019-04-09 12:50
Central bank fully controls foreign exchange market, says governor

TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said Sun. that the enemies are constantly plotting against the country’s local currency the rial, saying in continuation of countermeasures, an organized market will be launched within two weeks to further thwart plots.
2019-04-07 17:16
Banking relations with Iraq to get facilitated: CBI gov.

TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced on Sunday that Iran-Iraq banking relations will be eased to lubricate transactions between the two countries’ businessmen.
2019-04-07 13:13
CBI governor:

Supporting “domestic production”, main priority of banking system in current year

TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati said that backing domestic production is the main priority of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in the current year (started Mar. 21, 2019).
2019-04-07 12:38
Iran registers STFI, mechanism proportionate to INSTEX: CBI governor

TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati said Wednesday that Iran has registered a mechanism called ‘Special Trade and Finance Institute (STFI)’ in proportionate to EU-established INSTEX.
2019-03-20 13:58