Tehran, Iran AP — Iran appointed a new central bank governor on Wednesday as an economic crisis sparked mass protests following a record currency fall against the US dollar. President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cabinet appointed Abdolnasser Hemmati, a former economics minister, as the new governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the … The post Iran appoints new central bank governor after mass protests as currency hits record low appeared first on Egypt Independent .