zondag 22 januari 2006

Iran 7


Zonder commentaar. De Financial Times bericht: 'Iran Moves Foreign Assets amid Sanction Threat. Iran is moving foreign exchange out of European banks in advance of a possible referral to the United Nations Security Council and imposition of economic sanctions over its nuclear programme. Ebrahim Sheibani, Central Bank governor, told reporters on Friday that Iran would "transfer the foreign exchange reserves wherever we consider expedient" and confirmed a shift from Europe had begun. Mr Sheibani refused to give details or to say where the funds were going, although ISNA, the semi-official Iranian news agency, said the destination was south-east Asia. On the international currency markets, the dollar fell briefly on Friday against the euro and safe-haven Swiss franc on the news.' Lees verder: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012006L.shtml

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