{"id":50472,"date":"2021-10-01T09:27:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T06:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=50472"},"modified":"2025-09-02T18:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:13:01","slug":"media-iran-lifts-restrictions-on-cryptocurrency-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/media-iran-lifts-restrictions-on-cryptocurrency-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Media: Iran lifts restrictions on cryptocurrency mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Iran have lifted the ban on cryptocurrency mining and allowed licensed miners to resume operations, according to Iran International.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">NEW: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Iran<\/a> has permitted licensed cryptocurrency mining machines to resume operations after a three-month lull ordered by former President Hassan Rouhani.<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/8jewQuVFXx\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/8jewQuVFXx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranIntl_En\/status\/1443621265907015686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In late May <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/iran-imposes-a-full-ban-on-cryptocurrency-mining-until-september\">Iran imposed restrictions on mining<\/a> due to electricity shortages caused by rising consumption in other sectors and dry weather. On some days, air temperatures across the country exceeded 50\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Middle East and Central Asia are under the harshest heat wave in history for this time of the year. In <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Iran<\/a> 51.0C at Omidieh,50.1C at Abadan,45.5C at Bam (920m asl). In Turkmenistan 46.7C Uchadzhi,in Uzbekistan 44.7C at Termez,in Tajikistan 43.7C at Isambaj (563m). <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQ5bpt93vM\\\">pic.twitter.com\/AQ5bpt93vM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/extremetemps\/status\/1401249849035706372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The channel did not rule out that in winter Iran would again temporarily ban cryptocurrency mining \u201cdue to electricity shortages arising from a lack of investment in the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Elliptic, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/study-iran-bypasses-sanctions-through-bitcoin-mining\">Iran accounts for 4.5% of all Bitcoin mining<\/a>. Digital assets allow the country to bypass sanctions and purchase imported goods.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/iran-issues-30-mining-licenses-to-mining-companies\">the Iranian Ministry of Industry issued 30 licenses<\/a> to companies involved in cryptocurrency mining.<\/p>\n<p>In January, authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/iran-shuts-down-1620-illegal-mining-farms\">shut down<\/a> 1,620 illegal mining centers, which together consumed 250 MW of power.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Reuters sources <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/media-iran-seizes-7000-cryptocurrency-mining-devices\">reported the seizure of 7,000 mining devices<\/a> at an abandoned factory in western Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Iran have lifted the ban on cryptocurrency mining and allowed licensed miners to resume operations, according to Iran International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,840],"class_list":["post-50472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-iran"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50474,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50472\/revisions\/50474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}