The president, whose disputed re-election in June plunged the Islamic Republic into turmoil, faced criticism during his first four-year term for failing to curb rising inflation in the major oil producer. But the official inflation rate has declined over the last year, from a peak of nearly 30 percent in late 2008 to less than 10 percent now.
"We are supposed to remove zeroes (from the rial) to make its value real," Ahmadinejad said. "We have to return its value to the one existing in the law," he said, without elaborating.