Sunday, 30 May 2021 (YJC) _ The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), has been dismissed and Hamid Pour-Mohammadi has been appointed as the new governor.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed Abdolnasser Hemmati, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).
Hemmati is among the candidates for the upcoming Presidential elections.
The Iranian President has reportedly appointed Hamid Pourmohammdi as the new CBI chief. However, the central bank has not yet confirmed the appointment.
Pour-Mohammadi was previously the deputy director of the Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) for economic affairs.