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Reuters · Iran · 1 Sept 2026

The headline editorialises, the legal stakes go unmentioned, and the civilian cost of sanctions is ignored.

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scored on 2 of 11 measures · thin coverage

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Iran says it has enough foreign currency despite US sanctions

A currency dealer holds one-hundred-dollar bills in Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab DUBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Iran has sufficient foreign currency reserves despite U.S. sanctions, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday, after ​U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tehran was lashing ‌out because it was losing the economic war . The central bank was ready to inject up to $2 billion into the foreign exchange market to calm ​recent volatility, Hemmati said, according to the semi-official Tasnim ​news agency. Sign up here. “I am telling the President of the United ⁠States: Iran has (foreign) currency and it has enough,” he ​added. His comments appeared aimed at reassuring markets after Iranian officials, including ​President Masoud Pezeshkian, pointed to growing difficulties for an economy facing U.S. sanctions and a naval blockade . Hemmati said the central bank was continuing to collect ​foreign currency receivables and had domestic reserves as well as ​other resources, though he added details of those could not be disclosed. "I ‌tell ⁠the people with complete honesty that economic conditions and livelihood management have become difficult, but collapse has never happened and will never happen. These claims are just psychological warfare and the ​dust will settle ​soon," Hemmati ⁠said. Iran’s currency plunged to a record low in August, crossing the psychological threshold of 2 million ​rials to the U.S. dollar, while annual inflation ​reached ⁠66% in July. Bessent said on Monday that Iran was taking U.S. sanctions seriously and was “lashing out kinetically because they are losing economically”. Washington ⁠has been ​increasingly relying on economic pressure to ​try to force Tehran to meet its demands, and Bessent has warned that ​those doing business with Iran could face U.S. sanctions. Reporting by Dubai Newsroom Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East X Facebook Linkedin Email Link Purchase Licensing Rights

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