{
  "id": 11779815,
  "title": "Iran’s currency is getting obliterated as the regime is about to run out of oil to sell and can’t even get its money from customers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/irans-currency-is-getting-obliterated-as-the-regime-is-about-to-run",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-03T21:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/03/iran-currency-rial-dollar-record-low-blockade-oil-revenue-payments/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's plummeting currency reflects a dire economic situation exacerbated by dwindling oil exports and strict U.S. sanctions. As the Islamic Republic faces the imminent depletion of its oil reserves, the rial has plummeted to a record low of over 2.5 million rials per U.S. dollar. The U.S. naval blockade has effectively halted Iran's oil exports, while its Gulf neighbors have capitalized on the U.S. military protection to boost their own shipments. Without oil revenue, which constitutes roughly a third of Iran's state budget, the regime will be left without a crucial source of hard currency. The situation has worsened, with inflation soaring to 90%, GDP expected to contract by 5.4% this year, and unemployment on the rise. Energy is being rationed, and the country is grappling with widespread discontent, even as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei warns of \"social cohesion\" challenges. The U.S. has imposed additional sanctions on Iran, further limiting the country's ability to move money through shadowy intermediaries. President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed concern over the regime's inability to access its own funds in China, which are desperately needed to pay for goods and services and fund military operations. With the final shipments of oil running out by mid-month, the Iranian regime stands on the precipice of an economic crisis.",
  "summary": "\"We can't even get our own money out of a country to which we've supplied goods, let alone using those funds to pay someone else in another corner of the world.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}