Iranians' Bank

'''Iranians' Bank''', also called '''Bank Iranian''', was an Iranian public private bank based in Tehran. It was established in 1960 and disbanded after the 1979 revolution. Citibank International's First National City Bank had bought 35 percent of the shares around $1 million; later their share was reduced to 5%.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bostock |first1=Frances |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwnKAgAAQBAJ |title=Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah |last2=Jones |first2=Geoffrey |date=2014-02-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-17990-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIlMAQAAIAAJ |title=Middle East Economic Survey |date=1978 |language=en}}</ref> The bank had four general offices and seven branches in principal Iranian cities.<ref>{{Cite book |last=States |first=United States Export-import bank of United |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNJJAQAAMAAJ |title=CFF Cooperating Institutions, August 1974 |date=1974 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Affairs |first=United States Congress Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jq8fBKV2N3oC |title=Financial Disclosure by Banks and Bank Holding Companies: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session ... July 11 and 16, 1975 |date=1975 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-88-548-8385-7 |language=en}}</ref> It was headed by Ebtehaj Sanee (considered the father of modern Iranian budget program) and Azar Sanee, his wife and the first Iranian woman banker. All the branches were ordered to have picture of Shah by Ebtehaj.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tejaratefarda.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF-35/17447-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C|title=اولین زوج بانکدار ایرانی|date=August 21, 2015|website=هفته نامه تجارت فردا|access-date=November 18, 2023|archive-date=November 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118183543/https://www.tejaratefarda.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF-35/17447-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AC-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://way2pay.ir/159029/ |title=آذر خانم؛ بانکدار/ حکایت زندگی شخصی آذر صنیع، اولین مدیرعامل زن بانک که دندان‌پزشک هم بود |date=4 September 2019 |access-date=2023-11-18 |archive-date=2023-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601084807/https://way2pay.ir/159029/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://way2pay.ir/84348/ |title=نگاهی به زندگی ابوالحسن ابتهاج و مهدی سمیعی که از مهم‌ترین چهره‌های بانکداری ایران بوده‌اند |date=30 November 2017 |access-date=2023-11-18 |archive-date=2022-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424162505/https://way2pay.ir/84348/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1979, Iranians' Bank was nationalized and merged into Tejarat.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lauterpacht |first1=E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayF5KGw9KYQC |title=International Law Reports |last2=Greenwood |first2=C. J. |date=1987 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-46417-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Commerce |first=United States Bureau of International |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WfP8u99yjdsC |title=A Market for U.S. Products |date=1962 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYHr_LvdNcYC |title=Foreign Commerce Weekly |date=1970 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Harvey Henry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HU5H4qIdc_AC |title=Area Handbook for Iran |date=1971 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} Category:1960 establishments in Iran Category:1979 disestablishments in Iran Category:Banks of Iran Category:Economy of Tehran