{"id":8619,"date":"2026-09-13T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T05:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/2026\/09\/%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%b5%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%ad-%d8%b9%d8%b6%d9%88-%d9%87%db%8c%d8%a6%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%af%db%8c%d8%b1%d9%87-%da%af%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%87-%d8%b5%d9%86%d8%b9%d8%aa%db%8c\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T10:32:56","slug":"jhandar-shokri-currency-policies-exporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/en\/2026\/09\/jhandar-shokri-currency-policies-exporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Blunt Criticism by a Shokri Industrial Group Board Member of Currency Policies and Pressure on Manufacturers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bubble is-in can-have-tail is-group-first\" data-mid=\"4294970343\" data-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-timestamp=\"1789162375\" data-reply-to-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-reply-to-mid=\"4294967302\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content\">\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Jahandar Shokri, a board member of the Shokri Industrial Group, strongly criticized the treatment of exporters and the delay in implementing the mechanism for settling foreign exchange obligations at a meeting of Kermanshah\u2019s economic stakeholders with national and provincial officials. He said producers who were once described as \u201cfrontline economic warriors\u201d are now facing travel bans, legal cases, and accusations of being \u201ceconomic offenders,\u201d even though, according to him, these same producers have generated foreign currency for the country without receiving government-supplied foreign exchange, despite sanctions, the energy crisis, and export restrictions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> A consultative meeting of Kermanshah\u2019s economic stakeholders, focused on expanding Iran-Iraq trade, was held in Kermanshah on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, coinciding with the visit of an Iran-Iraq economic delegation to the province. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">The meeting was held as part of efforts to expand Iran-Iraq trade relations, with the aim of examining export barriers, the challenges facing economic stakeholders, the potential of Kermanshah\u2019s border crossings, and ways to increase trade between the two countries. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">The program and related meetings during the economic delegation\u2019s visit were attended by Manouchehr Habibi, Governor of Kermanshah; Abdolreza Mesri, Representative of the people of Kermanshah in the Islamic Consultative Assembly; Yahya Ale Eshaq, Chairman of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce; Hassan Danaeifar, Secretary of the Headquarters for the Development of Iran\u2019s Economic Relations with Iraq and Syria; Keyvan Kashefi, a senior official of the Iran Chamber of Commerce; as well as officials from the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, the Chamber of Commerce, the House of Industry and Mining, and a number of provincial economic officials and businesspeople. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">The Iran-Iraq economic delegation had arrived in Kermanshah on Tuesday afternoon, September 8. The delegation\u2019s agenda included examining barriers to trade development, holding specialized meetings and an export development working group, and engaging in discussions with the province\u2019s economic stakeholders.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> At the meeting, Jahandar Shokri, entrepreneur and board member of the Shokri Industrial Group, devoted one of the session\u2019s most outspoken speeches to the challenges facing producers and exporters. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cExporters Have Not Received Government-Supplied Foreign Currency\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri began his remarks by expressing appreciation for producers, entrepreneurs, traders, and businesspeople who, he said, have remained committed to their work despite economic pressures and have continued to work to sustain production and preserve Iran\u2019s standing in global markets.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> He said that in recent years, Iranian producers have managed, despite sanctions, to export their products not only to Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, and neighboring countries, but also to European markets and more distant destinations, helping establish several industrial brands from Kermanshah Province in international markets.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> However, the main focus of Shokri\u2019s remarks was his criticism of the way exporters\u2019 foreign exchange obligations are handled.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> Addressing the officials and media representatives present, he stressed: <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cAn exporter has not received foreign currency from the government system. I repeat: exporters have not received government-supplied foreign currency at a preferential rate or any special allocation. An exporter has sold their own goods and brought the resulting foreign currency into the country.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri called for a distinction to be made between exporters who operated without using government foreign exchange resources and others, noting that repeated changes in regulations and the percentages required for settling foreign exchange obligations over different years have left economic stakeholders facing obligations under conditions that differed from those in effect when their exports took place. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cYesterday We Were Economic Warriors; Today We Are Economic Offenders\u201d The strongest part of Shokri\u2019s remarks came when he addressed the legal consequences of cases related to the settlement of foreign exchange obligations. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">He said that individuals who had been recognized in previous years as \u201ceconomic warriors\u201d and frontline forces of the country\u2019s economy are now facing travel bans and legal action because of problems arising from foreign exchange regulations. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri said: <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cToday, we have become economic offenders. This is extremely difficult for us. We have our reputation and dignity. At one time, we were called the frontline economic warriors of the country; today, we are being asked to explain why we did not bring in foreign currency.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">He stressed that an exporter who has not received preferential foreign currency or low-cost government resources and has produced and exported goods using their own capital should not be treated as an economic offender without taking into account changes in regulations over different years. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cOpen the Portal: Let Us Be Neither Economic Offenders nor Thieves of This Country\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri then referred to the directive concerning the settlement of part of the foreign exchange obligations from 2018 to 2021 and the possibility of resolving them through payment in rials, criticizing the delay in putting the mechanism into operation.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bubble is-in can-have-tail\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-mid=\"4294970344\" data-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-timestamp=\"1789162375\" data-reply-to-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-reply-to-mid=\"4294967302\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content\">\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">He said that despite the passage of around 50 days since the mechanism was officially announced, the required portal has still not been activated by the Central Bank, leaving producers who want to resolve the status of their cases in limbo.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bubble is-in can-have-tail\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-mid=\"4294970345\" data-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-timestamp=\"1789162473\" data-reply-to-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-reply-to-mid=\"4294967302\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content\">\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri said bluntly: <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cThe directive has been issued, but after around 50 days, the Central Bank has still not opened the portal. Please, open this portal and let us resolve our status. Let us be neither economic offenders nor thieves of this country. We are economic warriors; by God, we are producing.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">He said that in recent days and weeks, he had personally followed up on the issue in Tehran through the Chamber of Commerce and called for the immediate implementation of the mechanism that the government itself had designed to resolve the matter. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">How Can a CEO Under a Travel Ban Develop Export Markets? <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">The Shokri Industrial Group board member then directly addressed the issue of travel bans and legal action against managers of production facilities, asking the officials present to halt such measures until the cases covered by the new directive are resolved.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> He said:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> \u201cCEOs have been banned from leaving the country. Someone who wants to pursue production and market expansion is himself under a travel ban. On the other hand, arrest warrants are also being issued\u2014even though the case has not yet gone to court and a judge has not even reviewed it. Why?\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri warned that continuing such a situation would not merely put pressure on an individual manager, but could directly threaten factory operations and the employment associated with them.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> Addressing the officials present, he said: <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cStop this. Production must not be halted. CEOs are under stress, but they are standing firm and continuing to work.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> We Circumvent Sanctions; Do Not Block the Way at Home <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">In another part of his remarks, Shokri offered a candid account of the difficulties faced by Iranian producers operating under sanctions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\">He said economic stakeholders have sometimes been forced to find unconventional and extremely difficult ways to maintain foreign markets and obtain the equipment required by their factories.<\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">He said: <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cIf they do not allow us to enter from that side, we find a way around it. If necessary, we wear local clothing and go; we go under another name. If they do not allow us to bring in a component we need, we find a way to bring it in in our luggage.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">His message to domestic policymakers was clear: a producer who has accepted such high costs and risks to overcome foreign sanctions should not also face domestic barriers that make it even more difficult to continue operating. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> \u201cWe Have No Electricity, We Have No Gas; Even If We Build Power Plants, Where Will We Get the Gas?\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">The energy crisis was another major focus of Shokri\u2019s criticism.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> He said that in recent years, industries had been encouraged to build power plants and secure independent energy supplies to cope with electricity restrictions, but gas shortages have now emerged as another major obstacle. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri asked:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> \u201cThey say we do not have enough gas. Fine, let us build power plants; but if we do not have gas, what are we supposed to do with the power plants? Where are we going to get the gas? Even if we want to use alternative fuels, we have problems securing fuel as well.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> According to him, Iranian producers are currently facing challenges on several fronts simultaneously: sanctions and external restrictions, domestic foreign exchange regulations and export difficulties, as well as electricity and gas imbalances that have deprived industries of the ability to plan for stable production. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">From 42% of Iran\u2019s I-Beam Exports to Zero<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> To illustrate the impact of these conditions on Kermanshah\u2019s steel industry, Shokri referred to the experience of the Shokri Industrial Group, a private group with operations spanning various segments of the steel value chain in western Iran, from raw materials and direct reduced iron (DRI) to billets, I-beams, rebar, and other steel sections.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> He said the group was the country\u2019s second-largest I-beam exporter in 2023, accounting for 42% of Iran\u2019s I-beam exports\u2014a share that, according to him, has now fallen to zero.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> Shokri identified two decisive factors behind this decline: first, the expansion of exports through rented commercial cards and the resulting change in competitive conditions in export markets; and second, severe energy restrictions that have reduced the production and export capacity of industrial facilities. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">For an industrial group that has made substantial investments over the years to complete the steel value chain in Kermanshah, the decline from a 42% share of the country\u2019s I-beam exports to zero is, in Shokri\u2019s view, more than just a statistic. It is an indication of the consequences of policies that could take away export markets painstakingly developed by Iranian producers over many years. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">\u201cWe Are Standing Firm; Just Let Us Work\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> Despite the critical and outspoken tone of his remarks, Shokri emphasized at the end that producers have no intention of backing down.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\"> He said: \u201cWe are standing firm, we are committed to the job, we are working, and we will not give up.\u201d <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">He emphasized that industrial stakeholders continue to consider it their duty to generate production, employment, and foreign currency earnings for the country. However, they expect the government and relevant authorities to facilitate their operations rather than create additional obstacles.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bubble is-in can-have-tail is-group-last is-active\" data-mid=\"4294970346\" data-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-timestamp=\"1789162582\" data-reply-to-peer-id=\"-2595097094\" data-reply-to-mid=\"4294967302\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bubble-content\">\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Shokri\u2019s requests to the officials present were clear: the immediate activation of the mechanism for settling foreign exchange obligations; suspension of legal action and travel bans against managers until the status of their cases is clarified; greater stability in export regulations; and the development of a practical solution to the energy crisis facing industries. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">The steel industry leader\u2019s outspoken remarks ultimately placed a fundamental question before policymakers: <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"message spoilers-container\" dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"translatable-message\">Why should a producer who has manufactured products under sanctions without receiving government-supplied foreign currency, fought to enter foreign markets, struggled to import the equipment needed for its factory, coped with electricity and gas shortages, and generated foreign currency for the country now have to fight to prove that they are not an \u201ceconomic offender\u201d?<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 40px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2lok9.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8594\" src=\"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2lok9.jpg\" alt=\"Jahandar Shokri at Kermanshah Economic Activists\u2019 Meeting on Export and Production Challenges\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2lok9.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2lok9-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 40px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/32kjnmlk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8592\" src=\"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/32kjnmlk.jpg\" alt=\"Speech by Mr. Shokri on Expanding Iran-Iraq Trade Relations\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/32kjnmlk.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bisotounsteel.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/32kjnmlk-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jahandar Shokri, a board member of the Shokri Industrial Group, strongly criticized the treatment of exporters and the delay in implementing the mechanism for settling foreign exchange obligations at a meeting of Kermanshah\u2019s economic stakeholders with national and provincial officials. He said producers who were once described as \u201cfrontline economic warriors\u201d are now facing travel 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