How Bad is Iran's Economy Now?? This Bad:

[Grokmaster]

On May 5, 2026, the US Dollar to Iranian Rial (USD/IRR) exchange rate in the free market was approximately 1 US dollar to 1,831,500 – 1,844,000 Rials.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

On May 5, 2026, the US Dollar to Iranian Rial (USD/IRR) exchange rate in the free market was approximately 1 US dollar to 1,831,500 – 1,844,000 Rials.

Let me know when it passes this point:

And you still can't buy a can of soda pop with it.

 

[TOP]

Their time is just about up...

 

[Teflon Don]

Yeah but according to JPP marxists like Jarod, the mullahs are wining and have Trump right where they want him because a tanker got through the blockade or something like that.

 

[Tobytone]

Let me know when it passes this point:

And you still can't buy a can of soda pop with it.

I actually looked into buying a billion dollars in Rials for fun. I wanted them in small bills so I can keep a few brief cases full of cash. Turns out I can buy 10 million $100 bills for $750. I asked Grok how many briefcases I could fill with 1 billion Rials in $100 bills. Answer: 500-1000 lol. I think the shipping cost would be more than the cost of the money. For a little understanding of how bad things really are, they had to create the 5 million Rial bill in Feb, prior to Epic Fury and then one month later they introduced the 10 million Rial bill in March. Here's a brief look at what has happened to the Iranian people's money as soon as the Socialist/Islamist took over in 79.

• 1980: ~70-80 Rials per USD. Largest bill: 10,000 Rials (had been the top for decades).
• 1980s-1990s: Steady devaluation from war, sanctions, and inflation. Reached ~500-1,000+ per USD by early 1990s. Still max 10,000 Rial note.
• 2005: Introduced 20,000 Rial note.
• 2007-2010: 50,000 Rial, then 100,000 Rial (highest until recently) due to accelerating inflation.
• 2020s: New highs like $1 million Rial bills and then 5M and 10M Rial notes (Feb, March, of 2026) as currency collapsed further.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I actually looked into buying a billion dollars in Rials for fun. I wanted them in small bills so I can keep a few brief cases full of cash. Turns out I can buy 10 million $100 bills for $750. I asked Grok how many briefcases I could fill with 1 billion Rials in $100 bills. Answer: 500-1000 lol. I think the shipping cost would be more than the cost of the money. For a little understanding of how bad things really are, they had to create the 5 million Rial bill in Feb, prior to Epic Fury and then one month later they introduced the 10 million Rial bill in March. Here's a brief look at what has happened to the Iranian people's money as soon as the Socialist/Islamist took over in 79.

• 1980: ~70-80 Rials per USD. Largest bill: 10,000 Rials (had been the top for decades).
• 1980s-1990s: Steady devaluation from war, sanctions, and inflation. Reached ~500-1,000+ per USD by early 1990s. Still max 10,000 Rial note.
• 2005: Introduced 20,000 Rial note.
• 2007-2010: 50,000 Rial, then 100,000 Rial (highest until recently) due to accelerating inflation.
• 2020s: New highs like $1 million Rial bills and then 5M and 10M Rial notes (Feb, March, of 2026) as currency collapsed further.

Well, back in the day, Zimbabwe was still producing coins. One was a brass coin worth like $.00000000000000000000001 US dollar. What some wag suggested was going there and buying $1 to $10 worth of these coins, crating them up, and shipping them home to like the US or UK where you immediately sold them for scrap and made like $100,000 + even after the shipping costs.

Food for thought, hum?