Reuters: Most of Iran's oil sales take place in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, mainly the euro, a senior official was quoted as saying on Tuesday. TEHRAN, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Most of Iran's oil sales take place in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, mainly the euro, a senior official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
"The major part of our oil export deals were done in currencies other than the (U.S.) dollar," state broadcaster IRIB quoted managing director Seifollah Jashnsaz of the National Iranian Oil Company as saying. (Reporting by Reza Derakhshi; writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by Keiron Henderson)