Iran Downplays The Impact Of Canceling The Operating Licenses Of Three Of Its Banks In Iraq: It Harms Baghdad
Economy Iraq Iran breaking Drains Cancellation of license 2024-02-05 Shafaq News/, Monday, Iran reduced the news that talked about stopping dealing with three of its banks in Iraq, and
while it indicated that two of those banks had their operating licenses originally canceled two years ago, one Iranian expert described the commercial situation in Iraq as “without law.” Some tribes have more power than the government.”
The Iranian Eqtisad News website said in a report translated by Shafaq News Agency, that the head of the Joint Iranian-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce, Yahya Ali Ishaq, touched on the issue of canceling Bank Melli’s license in Iraq, saying,
“In Iraq, we had three banks, namely Bank Melli, the Parsian Bank, and the Islamic Cooperative Bank.”".
The report pointed out that “Bank Melli and Parsian Bank have not had any currency transfers and transactions for two years, and therefore such news now would not affect the relations between the two sides and the currency market.”
The head of the Joint Iranian-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce, Al Ishaq, added, "As a result, this issue is not a new matter, and will not affect the financial transactions of businessmen, and there is no need to worry." Al-Ishaq concluded his speech by saying,
“It appears that the news that was published in cyberspace about the cancellation of Bank Melli’s activities in Iraq is nothing but the work of exploiters and brokers to stop the trend of decline in the exchange rate that began at the beginning of this week.”
For his part, an Iranian trade expert confirmed that “canceling the National Bank’s license has no impact on trade between the two countries,” noting that “commercial exchanges between Iran and Iraq take place in different ways.”
Muhammad Ali Nadib said in a statement to the Iranian Bazaar website and translated by Shafaq News Agency, “It cannot be said that canceling the bank’s license could have a special impact on Iran’s trade with this country.”
Pointing out that Iraq does not have a clear commercial law, Nadib said, “The government is not strong in this country and some tribes have greater authority than the government, and for this reason the commercial path of this country is different from other countries,” stressing that
“with this news, there will be no There is a change in trade with this country, and it will not happen, even if there is a problem for one of the two countries in trade, that country will be Iraq, not Iran,” he said.
The Iranian trade expert in Iraq stated that “most of Iran and Iraq’s exports are made through the Emirates,” stressing that “this news did not have a negative impact on the trade of the two countries, and exchanges between the two countries continue as before, and
therefore the exaggeration of this news came to increase the price of the dollar because this The news is baseless and has been exaggerated by beneficial people.” The Iranian expert concluded his speech by saying,
“This news has no special impact on trade or the currency market, but the price of the dollar has been affected by political tensions in the past few months,” pointing out that
“the Iranian government’s handling of the situation and reducing tensions has contributed, since the beginning of the week, to the improvement in the trend.” Towards a decline in exchange rates.