The Iranian President fires central bank governor running in presidential election, the Tasnim news agency reported

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The Iranian President fires central bank governor running in presidential election, the Tasnim news agency reported
May 30, 2021, 3:48 pm

The Iranian President fires central bank governor running in presidential election, the Tasnim news agency reported

Hassan Rouhani

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed central bank chief Abdolnaser Hemmati, who is running in the presidential election in June, the Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.

Hemmati in a Saturday night meeting on the Clubhouse social media app said Rouhani "Told me that if you stand in the election, you cannot remain the central bank chief because it affects monetary and exchange rate policies".

"I told him that I had no problem with his decision," he said

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi; editing by Jason Neely)

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