Interior Ministry: Signing more than 17,000 pledges not to deal in dollars in buying and selling, 27 OCT

 Interior Ministry: Signing more than 17,000 pledges not to deal in dollars in buying and selling

The Ministry of Interior announced today, Sunday, that it had taken more than 17,900 written pledges from shop owners not to deal in the dollar in buying and selling operations, as part of campaigns to support the Iraqi dinar and combat dealing with the dollar.

The Director of Operations at the Ministry’s Organized Crime Directorate, Hussein Al-Tamimi, pointed out that “the campaigns that began in May and continued until October also resulted in the arrest of a number of foreign currency speculators and smugglers.”

He explained, “The Ministry has taken written pledges obligating the owners of car showrooms, electrical stores, and tourism, travel, and wholesale companies to refrain from dealing in dollars and deal in Iraqi dinars according to the price set by the Central Bank,” indicating, “Whoever violates this decision may expose himself to legal accountability.” According to Iraqi laws.”

He stressed that “merchants importing basic and necessary materials from outside the country are allowed to deal in dollars only through the electronic platform.”

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