Iran
Policy-making amid war in Gaza
Bank of Israel has implemented a textbook crisis response, but uncertainty remains
People: January to March 2023
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Iran imposes FX controls as currency falls again
Commodities inflation bites ahead of upcoming new year
Iran and Russia to link banking systems to bypass sanctions
Move follows Iran’s signing of free trade “memorandum” with Russia-led EAEU
Iran appoints new governor amid protests and plummeting rial
Farzin becomes fourth head of central bank in less than two years
Central bank assets enjoy ‘99%’ immunity
Why central bank assets possess legal immunity – but not from sanctions
Ukraine: the challenges for central banks
Rules on the weaponisation of money would help to protect a ‘public good’ amid geopolitical splits in a testing environment for central banks, write Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large
Hackers target Iran’s central bank website amid protests
Internet blackout reported on September 21
Iran legalises crypto for imports
Trading crypto domestically still illegal, central bank tells citizens
Will the dollar remain the world’s reserve currency?
Bank of Russia sanctions are unlikely to undermine the US dollar’s central role in reserve portfolios. But a relative decline in US economic weight and technological innovation are benefiting other currencies
Iran imposes restrictions on payments
Authorities cite risk of cyber attacks, but economy has also faced capital flight
US citizen pleads guilty to selling technology to Iranian central bank
Defendant faces jail after using UAE shell companies to skirt US national security law
Outsider arts: how Russia might adapt to sanctions
The history of the USSR and actions by other sanctioned countries may give clues to Russia’s next moves
Iranian court sentences former governor to 10 years in prison
Valiollah Seif convicted of currency offences, but reportedly remains free pending appeal
Iran appoints third governor this year
Ali Salehabadi joins central bank three months after predecessor took office
Book notes: The pay off, by Gottfried Leibbrandt and Natasha de Terán
A timely introduction to and accessible survey of payment system developments
Iran’s Hemmati warns against monetary financing
Former governor mounts criticism of departing President Rouhani
Bahrain court convicts Iranian central bank of money laundering
Government says case involving CBI was largest money laundering case in Bahrain’s history
US court finds Iranian central bank liable in terrorism suit
Plaintiffs sued Iran and Syria in US court for damages in 2015 Hamas attack
Iranian president appoints new central bank governor
Economics professor has served as central bank’s deputy governor since 2014
It’s time to smash Iran’s endemic inflation
As Iran goes to the polls, high inflation is still plaguing the economy. Steve Hanke looks at solutions