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Iran, Russia link bank card systems in latest move to overcome sanctions
This feels like the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact — which one will hack the other’s banks first? And how much fun will certain white hats have waltzing unnoticed through backdoors while the parties of the first and second parts are thus engaged? Finally, will spy squirrels be involved? [IsraelTimes] Iranian bank cards can now be used in Russia, state televisionreports, as the two countries link their banking systems in the latest bid to counteract sanctions. Iranian banks have been excluded since 2018 from the SWIFT international financial messaging service, which governs the vast majority of transactions worldwide. The move is part of a raft of sanctions that were re-imposed on Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate after the United States withdrew from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Iranian bank cards can now be used in Russia, state television channel IRINN says, showing the withdrawal of money using an Iranian bank card from an ATM in Russia. The operation was made possible by connecting Iran’s interbank network Shetab to its Russian equivalent Mir, the channel says. Iranians can currently withdraw money in Russia, and will in the future be able to use their cards to pay for in-store purchases, it adds. "The plan is also going to be implemented in other countries that have a wide range of financial and social interactions with Iran, for example Iraq, Afghanistan and ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ," it says. Both Iran and Russia have sought to counteract the effects of sanctions on their economies. Posted by: trailing wife 2024-11-13 |
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