I wonder if there is a way to take advantage of this fact. For example, the first thing that comes to mind is arbitrage trading. If you know someone in Iran and if you can move money across the border, probably you can. The other question is if this is just a temporary spike.
Most times, it is going to be restricted within the country since it would only be based on local exchanges anyway, and if there could have been a way to go the arbitrage way, I am sure it would not have ended up being up to that level and could have also affected bitcoin in general.
We have had incidents like this in the past with bitcoin in Zimbabwe hitting a higher value than the global value but since the government had some sanctions against international transfers, it would be hard for anyone outside to lay hands on their funds. I still do not know why this news is actually not reflecting with the price of bitcoin against Iranian Rial as $24k and I am still seeing the same thing.
I know with the economic situation that Iran is going through and the quick way of trying to curtail that will make the price of bitcoin and the demand for it within this region to soar high but from the look of things I really do not see this news being real until maybe I am able to see how the local exchanges are faring in this matter and the price listed on them.