Dollar Soars to Record Rate Against Rial

Ahmadinejad seeks to save Iran's plunging rial

AP: The Iranian president says his administration will do everything it can to save the national currency from plunging further out of control. The semi-official Mehr news agency is quoting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying this is possible with the "huge reserves" of hard currency that Iran has. The report offered no details. The rial hit a record low on Tuesday, with the U.S. dollar selling for 15,050 rials in foreign currency exchange offices. The dollar sold for about 10,500 rials last December and in 1979 — the year an Islamic revolution toppled the pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi — it was 70 rials against the dollar >>>


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Esfand Aashena

You'll be in trouble if they catch you.

by Esfand Aashena on

The sign at the airport said you can only take so much (forgot how much) and the sign was new and wasn't there last year.  No one also searched me for money or asked me about money.  Maybe next time.  I guess it's better when we enter the airport to look for these signs for when we come back, who knows what they'll say next time around. 

Everything is sacred


hamsade ghadimi

my comment was based on

by hamsade ghadimi on

my comment was based on personal experience.  i made some money inadvertently last year when i went to iran.  i didn't use some tomans and was going to leave it there since i didn't have time to exchange it.  my relative told me to exchange it in the airport.  i had assumed that i will exchange it at the same rate from the sarrafi (bazar azad) but to my surprise the bank at the airport exchanged it at the lower government rate.  i believe that i made about $200 more than i expected to get for my tomans (the total amount that i exchanged was more than $1000).


Esfand Aashena

Was the bank's max $500 or $1,000? can't remember.

by Esfand Aashena on

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Esfand Aashena

Hamsade banks now give out only $1,000.

by Esfand Aashena on

When I was in Iran last spring, they had changed the rules from a year before.  In the years past I could go to a bank (or semi-bank places) and exchanged Toman to Dollar with no limit.

This time they had a $1,000 limit and for that you needed to show your plane ticket and passport.  If you want more you had to get it from Saffari which have no limits.  Actually why even go to the bank in the first place, the difference is not much.

I forgot how much is the maximum "money" they allow you to take with you aboard a plane, but it's a maximum of Dollar and Toman combined.  I think it was 2 million Toman or something.  Dunno about the airport exchange and the numbers you said in your comment, didn't understand it.

Everything is sacred


hamsade ghadimi

esfand, i think hirre's

by hamsade ghadimi on

esfand, i think hirre's statement was in response to tarreh-gol's comment that "high interest rates are forbidden in islamic banking."  in that regard, he's right.  in the regard of actually being able to make money on the high interest rate, he's wrong as you pointed out (the value of toman goes down vis-a-vis dollar).

another way of making quick, albeit small, money when going to iran is taking advantage of the maximum amount of dollars that you can take out of the country ($2000) and the difference between current exchange rates.  there are money exchange tellers (bank melli or saderat) once you go through security in the airport that will exchange your toman at government rate.  if you exchange $2000 at the sarrafi at 1500 toman/dollar, you'll get 3 million.  if you set aside 2.2 million toman to take back with you to the u.s., you'll end up with $2000 (2.2 million toman/1100 toman/1$) and 800,000 toman (3 million - 2.2 million).


Esfand Aashena

hirre check your math.

by Esfand Aashena on

Let's say you put $1,000 in an Iranian bank that gives 17% interest rate.  Let's also say that $1 = 1,000 Toman when you do this, so you have 1,000,000 Toman in the bank.

Bank gives you 17% so at the end of the year you have 1,170,000 Toman. 

In US if you put your money in Savings you get about 1% max, so your $1,000 will be about $1,010 whereaswith 17% at one to one exchange rate it'd be $1,170.  $10 vs $170 in interest dollars.

  But the price of Dollar has risen.  Below would be how much your $1,000 be worth based on how much the dollar has risen:

$1 = 1,200 Toman ----> 1,170,000 / 1,200 = $975

$1 = 1,300 Toman ----> 1,170,000 / 1,300 = $900

$1 = 1,400 Toman ----> 1,170,000 / 1,400 = $836

$1 = 1,500 Toman ----> 1,170,000 / 1,500 = $780

No? 

The article said just last December (1 year ago) a Dollar was 1,050 Toman.

The only way these high exchange rates would be beneficial to anyone is if you take your Dollar, turn it to Toman and purchase something, like a car or a house to use and not make a Dollar out of it for investment.  

The reason people are buying Dollar is because they believe their Toman will be, actually IS worthless.  Another words they have no faith in this Government!

Everything is sacred


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1 ركورد 1600 تومان براى دلار

Hooshang Tarreh-Gol


ايسنا: صبح امروز دلار ركورد هزار و 600 تومان را زد ولى با توجه به
تعطيلى بازار در حال حاضر از هزار و 600 تومان به هزار و 530 تومان رسيده
است، طلا نيز پابه‌پاى دلار صعود بي‌سابقه داشته و هر گرم آن به 57 هزار و
700 تومان رسيد.



طبق اعلام اتحاديه‌ كشورى طلا امروز سكه طرح قديم 640 هزار تومان، سكه
طرح جديد 630 هزار تومان، نيم سكه 300 هزار تومان، ربع سكه 155 هزار تومان و
سكه گرمى 78 هزار تومان معامله شد.



براين اساس هر مثقال طلاى 17 عيار 248 هزار تومان، هر مثقال طلاى 18
عيار 263 هزار و 800 تومان و هرگرم طلاى 18 عيار 57 هزار و 250 تومان است.



هم‌چنين هر دلار آمريكا هزار و 535 تومان، هر يورو هزار و 900 تومان و هر پوند دو هزار و 220 تومان عرضه مي‌شود.



محمد كشتي‌آراى ـ رييس اتحاديه كشورى طلا و جواهرات ـ در گفت‌وگو با
ايسنا از غير قابل پيش‌بينى بودن بازار طلا و ارز گفت و افزود: نرخ ارز
حساب و كتاب ندارد و اصلا نمي‌توان درباره‌ آن نظر داد.



وى با اشاره به محدود‌كردن عرضه‌ ارز توسط بانك مركزى كه موجب افزايش نرخ ارز شده تصريح كرد: اين موضوع را پيگيرى مي‌كنيم.



كشتي‌آراى در پاسخ به اين‌كه آيا بازار كشش صعود‌هاى چشم‌گير را
هم‌چنان دارد، گفت: بازار كارى به كشش ندارد و راه خود را مي‌رود. الان نيز
هم‌چنان تقاضا براى خريد بيشتر شده كه همين موضوع نيز موجب شده قيمت‌ها
پايين نيايد.



* نرخ سكه در بازار



امروز سكه طرح قديم در بازار آزاد 640 هزار تومان، سكه طرح جديد 630
هزار تومان، نيم سكه 300 هزار تومان و سكه گرمى 80 هزار تومان معامله شد.



هم‌چنين دلار پس از شكستن مرز هزار و 600 تومان در ساعاتى پيش، اكنون
به هزار و 520 تومان، يورو پس از شكستن و دو هزار تومان اكنون هزار و 950
تومان و پوند دو هزار و 250 تومان است.



* نرخ دولتى ارز



امروز نرخ دولتى دلار 11 هزار و 45 ريال، يورو 14 هزار و 482 ريال و پوند 17 هزار و 342 ريال است.



ظاهرا طمع خريد سكه و دلار در مردم فروكش نمي‌كند و هم‌چنان با افزايش
قيمت‌ها روز بعد از تقاضاى بيشتر خريد مي‌شويم كه موجب مي‌شود، قيمت‌ها
افزون‌تر شود.

hirre

High interest rates

by hirre on

High interest rates forbidden? What are you talking about? Current saving interests are at ~17%, if you have like $100000 in the bank you will get like around 16% return in one year. I know lots of people who do this and travel to Iran to get some of the money back each year in cash...


Dr. Mohandes

Faramarz

by Dr. Mohandes on

no i am doingthat to the "meat" market.

Deh. azyat nakon bache:))))) 


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Apparently this latest run on Rial was caused by a statement

by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on

on how Iran will not be dealing any more with Emarat Arabi because of their cooperation with the US on sanctions (EA  is one of the main point for Iran's exports). One of AN's assistants later on made another satement and said the first one was incorrect.

Elimination of subsidies and too much cash in the market is another cause of runaway inflation.

High intrest rates is forbidden is 'Islamic ' banking, that's why most people in Iran don't put their monies in the bank for saving.

By the time a dollar is worth 2000 Toman you'll know Iranian economy has collapsed!

By the time an ounce of Gold goes for $2,000.00 you'll know the world economy has collapsed!


divaneh

Death to USA

by divaneh on

Who wants dollar? death to dollar? death to USA. We want Imam Zaman. Viva Islamic currency. Viva goat and chicken.


maziar 58

10000000000

by maziar 58 on

very soon it's going to be like zimbabwe .......

Bring the truck load of Rial to go shopping in shab-dol-azim.

Maziar


Faramarz

Spring has Sprung!

by Faramarz on

Iranian Spring is on its way!

 

Doctor Mohandes,

Are you manipulating the currency market over there?


Roozbeh_Gilani

شرايط کشور بحرانی نيست / مه اين مسايل يک جنگ روانی است

Roozbeh_Gilani


ايلنا: محموداحمدي‌نژاد با اشاره به اينکه ما بايد به راهمان ادامه بدهيم که اجرای طرح هدفمندی و پيشبرد آثار هدفمندی در بخش‌های مختلف است، گفت: دولت بدون ملت کاری از پيش نمي‌برد، ما همپای مردم حرکت کرديم، فعاليت‌ها با جزييات شرح داده شد و اگر مشکلی در اقتصاد ايجاد ‌مي‌شد مردم را در جريان ‌مي‌گذاشتيم.

//www.roshangari.net/as/sitedata/2011122


Dr. Mohandes

The Pain!!!!

by Dr. Mohandes on

Well. You see?

I could only wish that by witnessing such misery and such ongoing carnage in the economy, the Under-the -Korsi crowd would stop wishing and hoping and dreaming of the system reforming itself... for the next 1000000000 years and do something about it. and trust me, there ain't jack that can be done from inside the country , so please stop passing the buck...

I do not mean any of these in an offensive and demanding and talabkar fashion, Just to get the attention of those who can now see how f...up things are and how much more f...up and devastating they are about to become and stop their "i am polyana... world , How may i help you feeling better today?" mentality and really do something. 


hamsade ghadimi

very soon one can fly to

by hamsade ghadimi on

very soon one can fly to iran for free.  once the difference between the free market and official market of dollar hits about 600 toman.


Bavafa

This is not such good news for those….

by Bavafa on

Who have been putting their $$$$ in the Iranian banks for the inflated interest to earn lots of free $$$ that in my opinion is immoral. 

It does not give me a bit of concern if their easy earned $$$$ has turned to only a mirage.

  As for ordinary Iranian people, I feel for their pain during these economic hardship and mismanagement by the regime.

 

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad


Dr. Mohandes

EA

by Dr. Mohandes on

LOL. 

Dollar is 15,030 Rials today.  Islamic Republic collapsing on it's own and some in Iran, Israel and US want to start a war in Iran, each for their own benefi

 Good one there Partner. Real good. You nailed it LOL!!!

 


Esfand Aashena

Ahmadinejad will do all he can = BS his way all he can!

by Esfand Aashena on

Dollar is 15,030 Rials today.  Islamic Republic collapsing on it's own and some in Iran, Israel and US want to start a war in Iran, each for their own benefit

Inflation is at an all time high and increases every month and Ahmadinejad spoke of plans to "reduce" inflation!  All he does is to say the opposite of what is actually happening.  Not only Holocaust is a myth but so is everything else!  He himself is a myth

Soon we'll have 20,000 Rials for one Dollar and he will speak once again what a good job cash subsidies have done and plans to reduce the prices!  Problem for corrupt politicians = their 1 Billion Rials will be worth only half as much in Canadian or American Dollars!  Now who would want to move their Dollars to Iran and buy the ever sinking Rial?

In August of 2010 I wrote a blog about Dollar being 10,500 Rials and Ahmadinejad's "plan" was to get paid for oil in Rials!  BS never leaves him!

Everything is sacred


ilovechelokebab

I'm glad the mullah's accounts in the UK got frozen!

by ilovechelokebab on

Mullahs are in deep shit...but they might survive the upcoming storm.