The testing of Iran’s national digital currency will begin in a few months

Ali Salehabadi, the governor of the Central Bank, has said that the testing of Iran’s national digital currency project in some parts of the country will begin in a few months. According to Salehabadi, the length of this trial period is supposed to be 6 months.

According to Arzdigital and quoting the public relations of the Central Bank, Salehabadi said during the joint meeting of the Governor of the Central Bank with experts and professors in the field of economics with the focus on the Central Bank’s cryptocurrency:

The issue of central bank cryptocurrency has long been discussed in the monetary and banking policy-making body, but in this period, a working group consisting of economic, technical and banknote issuance experts completed this issue on an experimental stage.

The Governor of the Central Bank, stating that the priority of this organization at this stage is to reform the banking system on three sides, added:

However, important issues that are now being discussed in the world, including the national currency code, have not been far from the view of the Central Bank, and important decisions and measures have been taken in this regard. We will be a country.

The head of the Monetary and Credit Council, emphasizing on culture and education in this field, stated:

In addition to implementing this plan on a trial basis, the necessary training and culture building in this field must be done by experts.

Salehabadi announced that the pilot period of this project is 6 months and said:

After this period, in addition to the pathology of the subject, the report of this project will be provided to economic and banking experts in order to take advantage of the views of intellectuals in this field.