Russian MFA announces Mir cards will be introduced in Iran

Russia hopes that Mir cards will be launched in Iran in the near future and that the issue of connecting the payment systems of the two countries will be completely resolved, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has told TASS in an interview, Report informs.

"Various options related to integrating financial markets of the BRICS members, [such as] payments in national currencies and new mechanisms of mutual financial settlements — including [those suggested] by Iran — are now being considered," he said, commenting on Tehran’s proposal to integrate payment systems of the BRICS member countries as Russia and Iran had done with their Mir and Shetab electronic banking clearance and automated payments systems.