NEW DELHI -- Indian exporters will be able to receive payments in the restricted rupee currency for sales to Iran within two weeks, the chief of India's top exporters' body said on Friday, as New Delhi puts a mechanism in place to maintain trade despite U.S. sanctions.
Iran to pay rupee for India imports in "two weeks", says export body chief
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