Temporary disruption in Bank Melli Iran services

Bank Melli Iran announced that its card-based services will experience temporary disruptions on the morning of Sunday, July 14th for the purpose of updating and upgrading technical infrastructure and enhancing the stability of banking systems. This announcement was made by Bank Melli itself and is planned in nature, not emergency-related. According to published information, this outage was announced in advance so that users could be informed.

• Bank Melli Iran formally announced that its card-based services will be unavailable during a specified time period.
• According to information published in Hamshahri newspaper citing Tasnim, this disruption was in effect from midnight to 2 a.m.
• The reason stated by the bank was updating and upgrading technical infrastructure.
• Another objective mentioned by the bank for this action was increasing the stability of banking systems.
• The operation was scheduled for the early morning of Sunday, July 14th, which falls during low-traffic nighttime hours.
• None of the sources mentioned sudden failures or unexpected technical incidents, and the disruption was described as planned.
• All eight reporting outlets reproduced the bank's notification text identically, and no independent source provided additional details.
• No information regarding the scope of impact (number of users, geographic areas, or specific affected services) was mentioned in any of the coverage.. Coverage difference: All reporting outlets published identical content and essentially reproduced the same Bank Melli announcement; the only notable difference is that Hamshahri newspaper, citing Tasnim news agency, mentioned the precise time window of the disruption (midnight to 2 a.m.), while other sources did not include this detail in their published summaries. No outlet pursued a critical angle, independent follow-up, or inquiry into the technical reasons.