{"id":66514,"date":"2022-08-31T10:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=66514"},"modified":"2025-09-07T01:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:44:36","slug":"iran-allows-paying-for-imports-in-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/iran-allows-paying-for-imports-in-cryptocurrency\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Allows Paying for Imports in Cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian companies may use digital assets in import transactions to circumvent sanctions, according to an agreement between the Ministry of Industry and the Central Bank of Iran, Tasnim News Agency reports.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative forms part of a new law approved by the president&#8217;s administration. The document also sets rules regarding cryptocurrencies and electricity supply for mining.<\/p>\n<p>In Tehran, officials intend to replace operations previously conducted in US dollars or euros.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Iran carried out an<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.news\/smi-iran-provel-importnuyu-operatsiyu-na-10-mln-s-oplatoj-v-kriptovalyute\/\"> \u0438\u043c\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u043d\u0443\u044e \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044e \u043d\u0430 $10 \u043c\u043b\u043d<\/a> with payment in cryptocurrency, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>In July, The New York Times noted <span data-descr=\"Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury\" class=\"old_tooltip\">OFAC<\/span> penalties against the Kraken bitcoin exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.news\/smi-vlasti-ssha-zapodozrili-kraken-v-narushenii-sanktsij\/\"> \u0437\u0430 \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0443\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0440\u0435\u0436\u0438\u043c\u0430<\/a>. The platform could serve 1,522 users from Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Reuters reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.news\/smi-binance-obsluzhivala-polzovatelej-iz-irana-v-obhod-sanktsij-ssha\/\">Binance \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043e\u043b\u0436\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043b\u0438\u0435\u043d\u0442\u043e\u0432 \u0438\u0437 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u044b<\/a>, \u043e\u0431\u0445\u043e\u0434\u044f \u0432\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0412\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0442\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u044b.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, the U.S. Treasury released <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.news\/minfin-ssha-vypustil-instruktsiyu-po-soblyudeniyu-sanktsij-uchastnikami-kriptoindustrii\/\">instruction<\/a> on sanctions compliance by crypto-industry participants.<\/p>\n<p> Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\u201d\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian companies may use digital assets in import transactions to circumvent sanctions, according to an agreement between the Ministry of Industry and the Central Bank, Tasnim News Agency reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1269,840,686],"class_list":["post-66514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-iran","tag-sanctions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"10","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66515,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66514\/revisions\/66515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}