Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.26 / Trend F.Milad /
US dollar was sold at the price of 35,200 rials at the free market on Saturday.
Euro was also presented at the price of 47,300 rials.
US Dollar and euro were traded at the prices of 35,200 and 47,300, respectively on Thursday.
Each Azadi gold coin price also soared slightly on Saturday to reach 13.97 million rials. It is while the price of gold coin stood at 13.92 million rials on Thursday.
Last week, Iran's Supreme Audit Court voted to dismiss Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani on charge of illegal draw out of money from the banking system last year, the Mehr News Agency reported.
Iranian media outlets reported earlier that Bahmani officially requested to retire, and sent a letter to the president's office regarding his request.
The request reportedly was denied by Ahmadinejad's office.
After the news hit the papers, the foreign currency prices jumped up in Iran, as euro price rose to 48,300 rials, and US dollar to 36,300 rials.
The government has set the 28,500 rials price for the free market but the brokers refuse to trade dollar at the mentioned price.
Dollar price had reached 40,000 rials in October but by inauguration of the foreign exchange center the prices fell to 27,000 rials.
Critics believe that Iranian government is not controlling the price of dollar at the free market on purpose.
They claim that the government wants to take advantage of selling dollar at the free market in order to compensate its lack of budget.
The government maintains an official reference rate of 12,260 rials to the dollar, but only a limited amount of foreign exchange is available at this rate.
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