Tehran (IP) – The head of the Economic Commission of the Iranian parliament has said that the US' monitoring SWIFT has troubled other countries in their foreign exchange.

Iran Press/ Iran News: Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi referred to Russia's exit from SWIFT and said that through creating a joint messenger with the neighboring countries, Iran also will exit SWIFT, stressing the withdrawal as they way to get rid of sanctions.

Pour-Ebrahimi remarked that at the peak of the sanctions in the recent two years, Iran managed to fulfill the import needs.

He said: "A major part of the people and the government's currency resource has been accumulated outside the country and the government must adopt a suitable mechanism to provide access to the resources."

Noting that the US imagines as if the currency is Iran's Achilles Heel, the senior MP stressed the encouragement of non-oil exports to strengthen the country's economic system despite the US sanctions. 104/207

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