Central Bank of Iran

Rule Changes

Its own information-site certificates revoked; advised users to bypass browser warnings

Millions of Iranians who bank online now hit a red browser warning when they open their bank's website: 'Your connection is not secure.' Iranian banks are losing their SSL certificates, the digital IDs that prove a website is real, because the certificate authorities that issue them have stopped working with sanctioned institutions.

Updated Sep 14

Force in Play

Leadership transition amid currency crisis

Iran's Central Bank governor resigned December 29 after the rial collapsed to 1.42 million per dollar (a 70% drop during his tenure), triggering the largest street protests in three years. By December 30, merchants had kept Tehran's historic Grand Bazaar shuttered for three days, and crowds in Isfahan, Shiraz, Kermanshah, and Mashhad chanted 'Death to the Dictator' and 'Death to Khamenei'.

Updated May 18