Unblocking foreign currency accounts of several banks

Mehdi Ghazanfari in an interview with Iran Economist, about the latest situation Blocking of foreign currency account of several banks in DelA debt to the National Development Fund He stated: After the National Development Fund blocked the foreign currency accounts of several banks and debtor companies with the help of the Central Bank, negotiations began and many meetings were held with the executive board of banks and debtors of the fund. became.

He added: After canceling the blocking of the accounts, three to six months were given to the debtors of the National Development Fund to pay the installments. Of course, if the payment of installments is still refused after this deadline, the account will be blocked again.

A 4-fold increase in the collection of fund claims

The chairman of the board of trustees of the National Development Fund stated that the collection of the fund’s claims has increased 3 to 4 times compared to last year, and said: The National Development Fund is a foreign currency fund and when a loan is taken from this fund, it must be repaid in foreign currency.

Ghazanfari added: The largest payment facility of the National Development Fund is in the field of oil and petrochemical business, where a good agreement was made for repayment and we had about 4 billion dollars in arrears in these areas, and with the agreements made, nearly 3 billion dollars of these arrears will be collected gradually. .