Packs of Iraqi dinars and a person counting a pack of US dollars. Photo: NRT
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) — Parallel market exchange rates for the U.S. dollar against the Iraqi Dinar (IQD) opened the trading week with steady pricing across major wholesale bourses in Baghdad, Erbil, and Basra on Saturday, September 5, 2026, according to monitoring data.
Retail selling rates in Baghdad and Basra held firm at 154,750 IQD per $100 USD, matching levels recorded earlier in the week, while Erbil logged a modest uptick to 154,000 IQD per $100 USD. All parallel market bourses continued to trade at a substantial premium over the Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) official peg of 131,000 IQD per $100 (1,310 IQD per $1 USD).