Iranian public votes to switch currency name from rial to parsi

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Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Members of the Iranian public have voted to switch the name of the country's national currency from ‘rial' to ‘parsi' in a voting process launched by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran last week.

The new website went live on July 16 and will allow the public to vote on key decisions relating to the future of the Iranian currency. The central bank sought public opinion on what the name of the currency should be, with the choices being for it to remain the 'rial', or to become the

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