Hemmati named CBI chief
Abdolnaser Hemmati has been appointed as the new governor of the Central Bank of Iran, according to Mohammad Mahdi Tabatabaei, deputy head of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s office, who announced the decision on his personal social media page.
“By the decision of the president, Abdolnaser Hemmati will become the governor of the central bank,” Tabatabai wrote on his X account.
Hemmati, who previously headed the central bank under former President Hassan Rouhani, was dismissed from the Ministry of Economy in March of last year.
The current governor, Mohammad Reza Farzin, was appointed in December 2022.
Earlier on Monday, Tabatabai, the deputy for communications and public relations at the president’s office, confirmed Farzin’s resignation during a visit to the Khabar Online news agency and said it was likely to be accepted by the president.