- The currency obtained from the export of state and semi-state companies and pension funds should be provided to the Central Bank
- The management of currency supply in the market will be carried out by the central bank’s foreign exchange department
- Until further notice, the plenipotentiary representative of the Ministries of Industry, Oil, Defense and Welfare will be stationed in the operations room of the Central Bank’s Foreign Exchange Deputy
NCRI’s Security and Counterterrorism Committee reveals highly confidential document of the notification of the decisions of the foreign exchange market meeting by the first deputy chief informant to the ministers of labor, defense, the head of the pension fund and the CEOs of the social security investment company and the social security organization of the armed forces on December 18, 2022
Islamic Republic of Iran
President
Office of the first deputy
Chairman
Date: December 18, 2022
Time: 19:48
Classification: Very Confidential
Mr. Dr. Mortazavi Minister of Cooperation, Labor, and Social Welfare
Brigadier General Amir Ashtiani Honorable Minister of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces
Dear Mr. Engineer Bazian CEO of Social Security Investment Company
Mr. Engineer Turki Honorable head of the National Pension Fund
IRGC Brigadier General Ebn al-Reza Respected CEO of the Armed Forces Social Security Organization
Greetings and Regards
Paragraph 2 “Decisions of the foreign exchange market meeting (dated December 18, 2022)”: according to the opinion of Mr. Dr. Mokhber, the respected first vice president, it is communicated as follows for follow-up and necessary action:
2) The currency obtained from the export of state and quasi-state companies (dependent on the government and pension funds) should be provided to the Central Bank and be supplied with the coordination of the Central Bank. In this regard, state and quasi-state companies, especially export companies affiliated with the pension fund, SHASTA [Social Security Investment Company], SATA [Social Security Organization of the Armed Forces], and VADJA [Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Republic] are obliged to deal with sanctions according to the resolution of the 46/16 of the Fight Against Sanctions Headquarters. (Notice No. 330000 dated November 30, 2022) to receive foreign currency in trusts through the cover network of banks and avoid independent action in this regard. The management of the supply of the above-mentioned currency in the market will be done by the Central Bank’s foreign exchange directorate. In order to facilitate the mentioned coordination, it is necessary until further notice that the plenipotentiary representative of the relevant ministries (industry, oil, defense and welfare) be stationed in the operations room of the foreign exchange directorate of the Central Bank.
Mohammadreza Mohammadkhani
President Office
Secretariat – Confidential
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
Security and Counterterrorism Committee
April 2, 2023