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    (snip)"Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered the replacement of the US dollar by the euro in the country's foreign exchange accounts.

    The September 12 edict was issued following a decision by the trustees of the country's foreign reserves, Mehr News Agency reported.

    Earlier, the Islamic Republic of Iran had announced that the euro would replace the greenback in the country's oil transactions. Iran has called on other OPEC members to ditch the sinking dollar in favor of the more credible euro.

    Following the switch, the interest rate for the facilities provided from the Foreign Exchange Reserves will be reduced from 12 to 5 percent.

    Since being introduced by the European Union, the euro has gained popularity internationally and there are now more euros in circulation than the dollar.

    The move will also help decouple Iran from the US banking system."(snip)

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    It will be interesting to see how many other countries follow Iran's lead in this regard ! The effect of course will be to incrementally reduce the US dollar's role in foreign exchange, and transfer trillions of dollars worth of foreign exchange transactions away from New York banks and into Swiss / German / French banks instead. It will also significantly reduce international demand for US dollars, putting downward pressure on the US dollar's exchange rate / 'purchasing power'. In the short term it also undoubtedly means Iran selling off a large portion of their US dollar reserves and purchasing Euro reserves instead.

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    Default Re: Iran replaces US Dollar with Euro for ALL Foreign Exchange

    Saddam Hussein did something like this before the invasion. Third front for the future?

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    Default Re: Iran replaces US Dollar with Euro for ALL Foreign Exchange

    Hmmm. I remember it being a big part of the 1975 movie "Rollerball" but wasn't there another novel that had money and trade policy replace bombs and bullets as instruments of war ?

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    ^^^ lots of historical precedent for that, yes !

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    With Iran's rapidly excalating aggressive policies and its mentally unstable leaders, soon to be countered by the US, it make sense for them. They are counting on Europe's non-committal attitude toward world safety.
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    Quote Originally Posted by threlayer View Post
    With Iran's rapidly excalating aggressive policies and its mentally unstable leaders, soon to be countered by the US, it make sense for them. They are counting on Europe's non-committal attitude toward world safety.
    Not to mention it probably helps with Europe's inflation worries on the Euro.

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