The banking system of one of Iran's lenders, Mellat Bank, has been disrupted since Wednesday morning, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

"The issue will be resolved by 14:00 local time (10:30 GMT)", Mehr cited the bank as saying.

Mellat Bank is one of Iran's largest private banks, in which the Iranian government has a minority share.

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi and Elwely Elwelly; editing by Jason Neely and Louise Heavens)