{"id":261229,"date":"2026-08-23T12:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/261229\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:44:08","slug":"iraqi-dinar-exchange-rates-hold-near-154500-iqd-per-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/261229\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi dinar exchange rates hold near 154,500 IQD per $100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Parallel market exchange rates for the U.S. dollar against the Iraqi Dinar remained elevated across major domestic trading hubs on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, trading at 154,500 IQD per $100 in Baghdad and Basra, and 153,750 IQD in Erbil, according to price sheets published by the 964 Network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parallel market pricing maintains a notable spread above the Central Bank of Iraq\u2019s (CBI) official benchmark rate of 131,000 IQD per $100 (1,310 IQD per $1 USD).<\/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: 154,500 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Buying Price: 154,000 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Erbil (Kurdistan Region Main Exchange):<\/p>\n<p>Selling Price: 153,750 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Buying Price: 153,250 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Basra (Southern Commercial Hub):<\/p>\n<p>Selling Price: 154,500 IQD<\/p>\n<p>Buying Price: 154,000 IQD<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trading across Baghdad and Basra held steady at a uniform selling level of 154,500 IQD, while Erbil posted a slightly narrower margin at 153,750 IQD per $100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The persistent parallel market spread reflects ongoing liquidity demand for physical cash dollars in local retail commerce and informal merchant transactions, while institutional cross-border wire transfers and formal import financing continue clearing through the Central Bank\u2019s electronic compliance portal at the official rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2014 Parallel market exchange rates for the U.S. dollar against the Iraqi Dinar remained elevated across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[1711,69580,5277,3434,69581,71856,71857,94,71858],"class_list":["post-261229","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-rate-iraq-bourses-today","tag-erbil-basra-usd-iqd-exchange-rate","tag-iraq","tag-us-dollar-exchange-rate-iraq-august-18-2026"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117144889798409312","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261229","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=261229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}