The plan to combat currency brokers has been initiated.
Detective Hedayat Bahrami, head of the Tehran Economic Security Police, stated in an interview with Mehr News Agency.
The plan to combat currency brokers, aimed at organizing and eliminating grounds for violations, monitoring, observing, and controlling the currency market, has been placed on the agenda of this police unit. It was executed last week using intelligence operations and identifying market disruptors.
This plan was carried out with the deployment of 20 operational teams and the use of 80 personnel at target locations.
This police official added that following the dissemination of news related to issues in international agreements, brokers are attempting to increase the currency rate by spreading negative signals. The Arbaeen Hosseini procession and ceremonies in the current situation have also intensified the pressure for dollar quota demand in the market. Based on the announced reasons, some opportunistic individuals have exploited the situation to create turmoil in the currency market and increase currency prices. In this regard, 14 cases have been filed, 17 suspects arrested, and 2,874,106 currency units have been discovered and referred to the judiciary.