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Central Bank governor: Iran expects access to US financial system

In an interview with Al-Monitor, Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif said Iran has made economic progress even before the lifting of sanctions and invited American companies to compete with Europeans in trading with and investing in Iran.
Valiollah Seif, Governor of Central Bank of Iran, waits to start a meeting with Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (unseen) in Tehran, Iran August 23, 2015.  REUTERS/Darren Staples - RTX1PBAT

The governor of Iran’s Central Bank said that Iran expects the US government to reinstitute limited access to the US dollar to facilitate Iran’s financial transactions with the rest of the world and fully implement the recent nuclear deal.

The comment by Valiollah Seif, in a lengthy and detailed interview with Al-Monitor April 14, sets up a potential confrontation with the Barack Obama administration that could undermine the agreement Iran reached with the United States and five other world powers last year.

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