Central Bank of Iran

E35851

central bank monetary authority

The Central Bank of Iran is the country’s primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, regulating the banking system, and implementing monetary policy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran	10
Central Bank of Iran canonical	4
بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ایران	2
Bank Markazi	1
Bank Markazi Iran	1
Central Bank of Iran Treasury of National Jewels	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T274542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Bank of Iran
Context triple: [Tehran, isSeatOf, Central Bank of Iran]

A. Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt is the country's primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the banking sector.
B. Arab Monetary Fund
The Arab Monetary Fund is a regional financial institution that promotes monetary cooperation, economic integration, and development among Arab countries.
C. Bank of Thailand
The Bank of Thailand is the country’s central bank, responsible for monetary policy, financial stability, and regulation of the Thai financial system.
D. Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the country’s central banking institution, responsible for issuing currency, regulating the financial system, and formulating and implementing monetary policy in India.
E. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is the country's central bank, responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the financial system in Zimbabwe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Bank of Iran
Target entity description: The Central Bank of Iran is the country’s primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, regulating the banking system, and implementing monetary policy.

A. Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt is the country's primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the banking sector.
B. Arab Monetary Fund
The Arab Monetary Fund is a regional financial institution that promotes monetary cooperation, economic integration, and development among Arab countries.
C. Bank of Thailand
The Bank of Thailand is the country’s central bank, responsible for monetary policy, financial stability, and regulation of the Thai financial system.
D. Reserve Bank of India
The Reserve Bank of India is the country’s central banking institution, responsible for issuing currency, regulating the financial system, and formulating and implementing monetary policy in India.
E. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is the country's central bank, responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the financial system in Zimbabwe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central bank ⓘ monetary authority ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
currencyIssued	Iranian rial ⓘ
founded	1960 ⓘ
governedBy	Monetary and Banking Act of Iran ⓘ
hasDivision	banking supervision department ⓘ foreign exchange department ⓘ monetary policy department ⓘ payment systems department ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tehran ⓘ
implements	monetary policy of Iran ⓘ
issues	banknotes of the Iranian rial ⓘ coins of the Iranian rial ⓘ
jurisdiction	Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ linked to: Iran
languageOfWork	Persian ⓘ
legalForm	state-owned institution ⓘ
locatedIn	Iran ⓘ Tehran ⓘ
manages	Iran’s foreign exchange reserves ⓘ Iran’s gold reserves ⓘ
memberOf	Asian Clearing Union ⓘ Islamic Financial Services Board ⓘ
nativeName	بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ایران ⓘ
oversees	Iran’s payment systems ⓘ interbank settlement systems in Iran ⓘ
owner	Government of Iran ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of Iran ⓘ
regionServed	Iran ⓘ
regulates	Iranian banking sector ⓘ Islamic banking operations in Iran ⓘ commercial banks in Iran ⓘ non-bank credit institutions in Iran ⓘ
responsibility	implementing monetary policy ⓘ issuing currency ⓘ maintaining price stability ⓘ managing foreign exchange reserves ⓘ managing payment systems ⓘ regulating credit institutions ⓘ regulating the banking system ⓘ supervising commercial banks ⓘ
sector	banking ⓘ central banking ⓘ financial services ⓘ
sets	official interest rate benchmarks in Iran ⓘ reserve requirements for Iranian banks ⓘ
shortName	Bank Markazi ⓘ linked to: Central Bank of Iran CBI ⓘ

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