The day after Ali Khamenei’s aggressive statements concerning discussions with the United States, the exchange rate of one US dollar in the Iranian market surpassed 950,000 rials on Sunday, March 9, while the cost of a single gold coin neared 790 million rials (around $831).
On Saturday, March 8, during a meeting with various officials, Khamenei, the Iranian regime’s leader, alluded to the potential talks with the United States, asserting that their aim is to ‘introduce new demands,’ and such expectations ‘will certainly not be fulfilled by Iran.’
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According to the Nosan website, which monitors the changes in foreign currency and gold coin prices in the Iranian market, the exchange rate of a US dollar remittance hit 952,400 rials on Sunday.