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Bank official: Iran not to withdraw assets from EU banks | |
2008-06-19 | |
(Xinhua) -- An Iranian banking official said on Tuesday that his country is not planning to withdraw assets from European banks, Iran's Mehr news agency reported.
'Such an issue has not ever been put forward,' Divandari said. 'There is no reason for such a transfer of the money.' Iran's Shahrvand-e Emrouz weekly magazine on Monday reported that the Iranian government had withdrawn about 75 billion U.S. dollars from European banks amid fears the funds could be frozen under planned new sanctions over the Iranian nuclear program. The report quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Talaieas saying that part of Iran's assets in banks in Europe has been converted to gold and securities, and the other part has been transferred to Asian banks. | |
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