{"id":223345,"date":"2020-08-03T12:41:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T11:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223345"},"modified":"2023-01-25T04:34:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T03:34:35","slug":"iran-regimes-central-bank-chief-admits-to-mullahs-absolute-economic-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-regimes-central-bank-chief-admits-to-mullahs-absolute-economic-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Regime\u2019s Central Bank Chief Admits to Mullahs\u2019 Absolute Economic Deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Central-Bank-2-jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-223356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Central-Bank-2-jpg-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"Central-Bank-2-jpg\" width=\"677\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Central-Bank-2-jpg-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Central-Bank-2-jpg-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Central-Bank-2-jpg-696x408.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Central-Bank-2-jpg-716x420.jpg 716w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Central-Bank-2-jpg.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/>Abdolnaser<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hemati<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the Iranian regime\u2019s Central Bank President<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0acknowledged that rising prices of goods and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/regime-lawmaker-admits-to-dire-economic-situation-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inflation<\/a> rate is due to the regime\u2019s wrong economic policies.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In his personal Instagram account<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, while pointing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">out\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that increasing prices is not just due to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">onetary base and liquidity<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">growth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hemati<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imna.ir\/news\/436416\/%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Purchasing part of the currency&#8217;s resources of the National Development Fund to cover the budget deficit by the Central Bank (as mandated in this year&#8217;s budget) in the case of sanctions is to cover the budget deficit from the monetary base. In the short term, this would be like borrowing from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This new way of borrowing from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the regime\u2019s President Hassan Rouhani\u2019s government is due to its total bankruptcy.\u00a0 Rouhani with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the approval of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ali Khamenei, the regime\u2019s supreme\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">leader<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">withdrew a significant amount of currency from the National Development Fund to remit it to the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">somehow cover its\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">staggering budget deficit.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This led to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">49.5<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">%<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0increase<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iran-regime-removes-four-zeros-from-national-currency-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-a-clear-sign-of-its-absolute-economic-deadlock-and-failure\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">country&#8217;s monetary base<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rising<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> inflation\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and ultimately<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0led to an increase in the price of goods and services.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Government<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Iranian regime, due to its institutionalized corruption and wasting billions of dollars on terrorism<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have been always grappling with budget deficit. Yet, sinc<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was the regime\u2019s president, different governments used borrowing from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank as the only way to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cover their budget deficit.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, under international sanctions for its illicit activities and the rising value of dollar in Iran, the regime is unable to use this method to cover its budget deficit.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the regime\u2019s state-run news agencies,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/banker.ir\/p-%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Banker<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, described this situat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ion as the \u201cCentral Bank Empty Gun.\u201d \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The growth of the increase in the foreign reserves of the Central Bank (due to the currencies of the National Development Fund) had a greater share than the growth of the monetary base itself. In fact, the high increase in the monetary base is due to the use of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank resources to cover the budget deficit, this time referred to as the National Development Fund. The difference is that at present, the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank does not have access to foreign currencies and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cannot<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0receive foreign exchange resources to control market fluctuations in exchange for the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">R<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ial provided to the government. This shows why the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank was able to control inflation in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2000s but<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0does not have the tools\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">now<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank has\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0empty weapon\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">but<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0seeks to stabilize currency fluctuations.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/iran-regime-ships-fuel-to-venezuela-sign-of-mullahs-deadlock\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Majid Reza Hariri<\/a>, head of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">while referring to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the regime&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">difficulties in having banking transaction with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">China and Russia said:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At present, we have practically no banking transactions with Russia and China, and if someone with an Iranian passport applies for banking services in these countries, it will be refused.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2018, even before the United States withdr<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ew<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/tehran-s-conduct-following-the-nuclear-agreement-jcpoa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran 2015 nuclear deal<\/a> with world powers and reimpose sanctions, the Iranian regime tried to cover its budget deficit by\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">influencing the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">selling\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">dollar at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-currency-freefall-more-pressure-on-people-and-a-direct-result-of-regimes-wrong-policies\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ex<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">change rate of 20,000\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">black market<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0through exchange market<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and made a huge profit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Yet,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">since then Iran\u2019s currency has been fluctuating.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The freefall of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iran\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0currency is an indicator of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0government\u2019s absolute economic bankruptcy. The current value of Iran\u2019s currency, along with other\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">signs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0such\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">inflation and liquidity rate, adds more pressure on the Iranian people.\u00a0 According to state-run media, the terrible amount of liquidity has reached 2651 trillion tomans. This huge amount of liquidity will result in a rising inflation rate and higher prices.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The regime\u2019s budget deficit and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> its economic failure have increased amid the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/coronavirus-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 outbreak<\/a>. But most importantly, the regime\u2019s institutionalized corruption and misusing\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">funds to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0continue its illicit activities leaves no solution for this crisis.\u00a0 As\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hussain\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Raghfar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0one of the regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">economists<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the most important decisions to make is to raise the exchange rate. Certainly, the consequences of this decision will be on all people, society,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">production,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and the future of the economy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a nutshell, the economic pressure, along with the regime\u2019s oppression and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mismanagement of the COVID-19 with its rising death toll, ha<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ve<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0turned the Iranian society into a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/27566-is-iran-on-the-verge-of-a-nationwide-rebellion\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">powder keg<\/a> ready to be exploded.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this regard, the state-run Arman daily wrote on August 2:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">urrent situation of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0foreign exchange market\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has witnessed in the last two weeks, the dollar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0that was sold at the exchange rate of 26<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tomans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, has<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0reached 20<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tomans with a fall of 6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tomans and has returned to nearly 24<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,000\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tomans<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">could result in anything. These behaviors of the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">C<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">entral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ank are very risky. Because this situation can provide a platform for the occurrence of some social issues,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">developments,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and uprisings in society. In other words, the current economic situation of the country has reached a critical point &#8230; We in the country are facing the challenge of unemployment, inflation, recession, and similar issues.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdolnaser&nbsp;Hemati, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Central Bank President,&nbsp;acknowledged that rising prices of goods and the inflation rate is due to the regime&rsquo;s wrong economic policies.&nbsp;&nbsp; In his personal Instagram account, while [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":223356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,10],"tags":[129],"class_list":{"0":"post-223345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-iran"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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