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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children) 100 million Tomans is about $73. RIALS is $73, TOMANS is $730. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] CromulantCrow@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) As far as I can tell online, 100 million Iranian Rials is about $73. And there are ten toman to a rial. So maybe it's more like $730. But I also found this on a reddit thread in /iran Officially, 10 Rials is one Toman. But very unofficially, toman can erase as many zeros as you want based on the context. Talking about a bottle of water? 2 toman means 2000 tomans. Talking about something a bit more expensive, like a rug? 20 tomans means 20 000 000 tomans. Talking about something very very expensive like a house? 4 toman means 4 000 000 000 tomans. Since this is a large number and it's in the news, that probably doesn't apply. It sounds more like street vernacular. But it tells me that I really don't know anything about Iranian money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago You're right, I missed the rials part! Editing the post as that's a considerable amount of money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] square@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) Wrong way, 10 Tomans to 1 Rial means 100,000,000 Tomans = 10,000,000 Rials = $7.30 Nevermind, I read the other comment wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CromulantCrow@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) As far as I can tell online, 100 million Iranian Rials is about $73. And there are ten toman to a rial. So maybe it's more like $730. But I also found this on a reddit thread in /iran Officially, 10 Rials is one Toman. But very unofficially, toman can erase as many zeros as you want based on the context. Talking about a bottle of water? 2 toman means 2000 tomans. Talking about something a bit more expensive, like a rug? 20 tomans means 20 000 000 tomans. Talking about something very very expensive like a house? 4 toman means 4 000 000 000 tomans. Since this is a large number and it's in the news, that probably doesn't apply. It sounds more like street vernacular. But it tells me that I really don't know anything about Iranian money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago You're right, I missed the rials part! Editing the post as that's a considerable amount of money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago You're right, I missed the rials part! Editing the post as that's a considerable amount of money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] square@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) Wrong way, 10 Tomans to 1 Rial means 100,000,000 Tomans = 10,000,000 Rials = $7.30 Nevermind, I read the other comment wrong. permalink fedilink source parent