Hemmati once again appointed as governor of Iran's central bank

TABNAK, Dec. 29 - Abdolnasser Hemmati has reportedly been reappointed as the CBI governor for one more time.

News ID: 7074

Date: 29 December 2025 - 19:03

Abdolnasser Hemmati, who has served previously as the CBI governor and the minister of economy in the current and previous administrations in Iran, has reportedly been reappointed as the CBI governor for one more time.

Deputy for Communications and Information at the Presidential Office Mehdi Tabatabaei said Monday that President Masoud Pezeshkian had accepted the resignation of Mohammadreza Farzin and has appointed Hemmati in his place earlier in the day.

Abdolnasser Hemmati has replaced Mohammad Reza Farzin  as Iran's Central Bank Governor (image caption),

The 67-year old economist and politician Abdolnaser Hemmati was the director of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) from 2018 until late May 2021.

He was a reformist contender in the 2021 presidential elections.

The new CBI governor was appointed economy minister by the current President Masoud Pezeshkian administration but was impeached by the parliament on March 2, 2025.