[DUMBGRUNT]

How do we find the free-market (black-market) rate?

Is it listed in the WSJ? I must have missed it?

Do they have a black market currency pit?

[Jumper]

The black market rate in Iran for the USD has gone from around 24,000 to 35,000 in the past month and TURKEY is exchanging currency for the Iranians to circumvent the sanctions in regards to Gold, Natural Gas primarily.

Turkey is selling Iran Gold, and depositing their own currency in exchange - the USD is very hard for Iran to obtain right now:)

[neverdem]

How do we find the free-market (black-market) rate?

I was assigned to the Vung Tau Army Airfield Security Platoon before I requested a transfer. I wound up in Bravo 1-61 1/5th mech Vietnam. It wasn't hard to find the money changers in Vung Tau. I don't know about Quang Tri having many of them, but I wouldn't be surprised. IMHO, just about any city where you could go off post when you were off duty had them in South Vietnam.