Economy1 (Iran)
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     Currency:
         Iranian rial (plural - rials); 1 Iranian rial (IR) = 100 dinars; note -
         domestic figures are generally referred to in terms of the toman (plural -
         tomans), which equals 10 rials
     Exchange rates:
         Iranian rials (IR) per US$1 - 65.515 (January 1992), 67.505 (1991), 68.096
         (1990), 72.015 (1989), 68.683 (1988), 71.460 (1987); note - black-market
         rate 1,400 (January 1991)
     Fiscal year:
         21 March - 20 March