Iran’s Central Bank Head Resigns Amid Currency Crash, Energy Crisis

Barchart · 1d ago
Iran’s Central Bank governor Mohammad Reza Farzin stepped down on Monday after protests erupted in Tehran and other cities following a sharp collapse in the rial. The currency plunged on Sunday to around 1.42 million rials per dollar on the free market before stabilizing slightly at about 1.38 million on Monday. For perspective, Iran’s currency traded at roughly 32,000 rials per dollar when Tehran signed the JCPOA nuclear accord in 2015 under then-U.S. President Barack Obama. Iran's economy has been grappling with major challenges,…