{"id":251434,"date":"2026-08-16T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/251434\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:04:08","slug":"iraqi-dinar-exchange-rates-vs-us-dollar-in-baghdad-basra-and-erbil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/251434\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi dinar exchange rates vs US dollar in Baghdad, Basra, and Erbil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Parallel market exchange rates for the U.S. dollar against the Iraqi dinar held in the 152,750\u2013153,250 IQD per $100 range across major Iraqi bourses on Sunday, August 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parallel market rate continues to reflect a premium over the Central Bank of Iraq\u2019s (CBI) official exchange rate, which remains pegged at 131,000 IQD per $100.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Exchange Rates by City (per $100 USD)<\/p>\n<p>Baghdad (Al-Kifah &amp; Al-Harithiya Bourses):<\/p>\n<p>Selling Price: 152,750 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Buying Price: 153,000 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Erbil (Kurdistan Region):<\/p>\n<p>Selling Price: 153,250 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Buying Price: 153,150 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Basra (Southern Hub):<\/p>\n<p>Selling Price: 153,250 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Buying Price: 152,750 IQD<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parallel spread over the official CBI window reflects sustained demand for physical cash dollars in parallel merchant trading and regional cross-border commerce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the official electronic platform handles authorized commercial imports at the pegged 1,320\/1,310 rate, local exchange counters in Baghdad, Erbil, and Basra maintain a 16% to 17% market premium driven by liquidity distribution and cash-market trading volumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Parallel market exchange rates for the U.S. dollar against the Iraqi dinar held in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[1711,69580,5277,3434,69581,69582,69583,94,69584],"class_list":["post-251434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-baghdad","tag-baghdad-dollar-price-today-al-kifah","tag-basra","tag-cbi","tag-central-bank-of-iraq-official-exchange-rate-131000","tag-dollar-price-iraq-today","tag-erbil-basra-usd-iqd-parallel-rate","tag-iraq","tag-us-dollar-exchange-rate-iraq-august-16-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117105568262529678","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}