How to Use rial in a Sentence

rial

noun

• The currency, the rial, is in free fall.
  — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
• The country may find fewer buyers for its oil exports, and the rial has plunged.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 May 2018
• Since the beginning of the year, the rial has lost nearly one-third of its value.
  — Sean Savage, Jewish Journal, 17 Apr. 2018
• Ten years ago, the rial traded at 32,000 to $1.
  — Elena Becatoros, Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
• The rial is now down by sixty per cent, and real-estate prices in Tehran have more than doubled.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 29 May 2014
• The rial is under heavy pressure from the US sanctions threat.
  — Andrew Torchia, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2018
• The family raised some funds but a crash in the value of the Iranian rial slashed that amount.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2019
• On Tuesday, exchange shops offered the record-low rial-to-dollar rate in Tehran.
  — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
• The economy is shrinking, and Iran’s currency, the rial, has fallen to a record low.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 18 June 2026
• The country’s currency, the rial, has lost a third of its value on the black market since September.
  — The Economist, 21 Apr. 2018
• In 2015, the rial traded at just over thirty thousand rials to the dollar.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
• Iran’s currency this week dropped to ⁠a record ‍low of 1,500,000 rials to ‍the ⁠dollar.
  — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
• To access the rials, Iran wanted to convert them briefly into dollars and then Euros.
  — Maegan Vazquez, CNN, 6 June 2018
• The economy has shrunk, while the Iranian rial has lost 80% of its value against the dollar.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2020
• The move is seen as part of Tehran’s efforts to control the currency market after the rial hit an all-time low earlier this month.
  — Amir Vahdat, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• The move is seen as part of Tehran's efforts to control the currency market after the rial hit an all-time low earlier this month.
  — Fox News, 23 Apr. 2018
• In less than a year, the rial, Iran’s currency, has declined by 50 percent in value against the dollar.
  — Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times, 25 June 2018
• The rial has plunged 8% against the dollar on the black market since the war started, according to the Economist.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
• The Iranian rial is already verging on collapse.
  — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
• Iran’s currency, the rial, dropped sharply since last week in reaction to a deadlock in the nuclear talks, trading around an all-time low level.
  — Aresu Eqbali, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
• Over the weekend, groups of shop-owners closed their businesses in two large malls in downtown Tehran protesting the rapid drop in the value of the rial.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2025
• The protests began in response to an economic collapse, with the Iranian rial losing a huge amount of its value.
  — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2026
• The protests began last week with economic grievances as the Iranian currency, the rial, tanked.
  — Henry Austin, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
• Iranians had already been suffering before the rial’s plunge in value sparked this uprising.
  — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Jan. 2026
• Why the demonstrations started The collapse of the rial has led to a widening economic crisis in Iran.
  — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
• The unrest began a few weeks ago, with merchants and shopkeepers protesting the sharply falling value of the local currency, the rial.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
• Iran has lost nearly 90% of its oil exports, a key source of revenue; the value of the rial has plummeted, and the banking sector is under stress.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Jan. 2020
• Iran’s currency, the rial, lost some 5 percent of its value against the US dollar Monday.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• The sanctions are expected to compound Iran’s economic woes and have driven the currency, the rial, to record lows against the dollar.
  — Ramin Mostaghim, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
• In 2015, when the nuclear deal was signed, the rial traded at about 32,000 to the dollar.
  — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026