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Topic started on 19-12-2006 @ 12:47 PM by bodrul
Iran has just said it will start using Euros in Oil deals from now on.
This move has been steadily progressing from 2003 where Iran has been slowly moving away from the dollar to the euros. This move is expected to weaken the already volatile dollar which has been dropping and rising the couple of years.





news.bbc.co.uk
Analysts said Tehran had been steadily shifting its foreign-held assets out of dollars since 2003 and that Monday's announcement was unlikely to affect the value of the dollar, which has weakened significantly in recent months.

An Iranian spokesman said all its foreign exchange transactions would be conducted in euros and its national budget would also be calculated in euros as well as its own currency.

"There will be no reliance on dollars," said Gholam-Hussein Elham.

"This change is already being made in the currency reserves abroad."

The currency move will apply to oil sales although it is expected that Iran, the world's fourth largest oil producer, will still accept oil payments in dollars.



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This has also been in response to US pressure to put sanctions on Iran and
This isn’t really a surprise since it was inevitable that someone in the Middle East would finally drop the dollar because of its unstable value during the last couple of years.
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