Iran Moving Its Foreign Currency Reserves
Well the Iranians learned well from watching the world reaction to Saddam and Iraq. They are one step ahead of the U.N. (well, actually several miles ahead) in protecting themselves economically. They have also made sure to hide the majority of their nuclear research sites, so it's going to be hard to destroy them all.
Iran is moving its foreign currency reserves out of European banks as a pre-emptive measure against any possible U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, the Central Bank Governor said Friday.
Ebrahim Sheibani told reporters that Iran has started transferring the foreign currency reserves from European banks to an undisclosed location, the semiofficial Iranian Students News Agency reported.
"We transfer the foreign exchange reserves to wherever we deem fit," Sheibani was quoted by ISNA as saying. "We have begun transferring. We are doing that."
Sheibani would not say how much money was involved and it was not immediately clear whether Iran's investments in Europe would be affected by the move.
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