Iran Issues 1,000 Cryptocurrency Permits in Attempt to Avoid US Sanctions, Report Says
Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade issued 1,000 cryptocurrency mining permits to increase the use of digital currency within Iran’s economy, according to an unofficial translation of a February report from Ibena, an Iranian news agency. The move was…
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intended to allow Iran to “import goods and circumvent the problems of bank sanctions for payments,” a member of Iran’s Blockchain Commission of the Computer Trade Union Organization told Ibena. The report said the move, which is aimed at avoiding U.S. sanctions, could “boost the industry and its revenues.”