Iran counts $22 billion in forex abuses under Ahmadinejad

An Iranian official tasked with fighting corruption has claimed that in the final three years of the administration of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, $22 billion in exchange-rate abuses took place, with companies using access to government-subsidized exchange rates to to buy luxury items or resell goods at a free market rate and pocket the difference.

Read the story by Arash Karami in AL-Monitor.

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