Iran: "U.S. currency is crumbling! nvm, jk. LOL."

That's right Ahmadinejad, boost our currency.

Pretty funny how less than a year ago Iran made a big deal about shifting their foreign currency reserves away from the dollar and our "crumbling economy", only to shift back as soon as the sh*t hit the fan in Europe.

Iran to Dump 45 Billion Euros for Gold Bullion and Dollars
The Central Bank of Iran is set to dump a whopping 45 billion euros in exchange for gold bullion and dollars as Gulf states also prepare to flee from the ailing single currency amidst debt turmoil in Europe that threatens to disintegrate the entire region.

According to the Iranian state website Press TV, Iran’s central bank has already begun converting its euro reserves into gold and dollars as a response to the “downward spiral” of the euro, in the first of a three phase movement to flee from the currency.

The report also claims that Gulf states are also beginning to switch their euro reserves into dollars and gold as some forecast the single currency could sink to parity with the U.S. dollar by next year.

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pictures of Iran in the 70's, before the Islamic Revolution

see the rest after the jump. kinda crazy.


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U.S. Military begins regional preparation for possible Iranian conflict

Final destination Iran?
Published on 14 Mar 2010

Hundreds of powerful US “bunker-buster” bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran.

The Sunday Herald can reveal that the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to a cargo manifest from the US navy, this included 387 “Blu” bombs used for blasting hardened or underground structures.

Experts say that they are being put in place for an assault on Iran’s controversial nuclear facilities. There has long been speculation that the US military is preparing for such an attack, should diplomacy fail to persuade Iran not to make nuclear weapons.
Although Diego Garcia is part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, it is used by the US as a military base under an agreement made in 1971.

The Sunday Herald reported in 2007 that stealth bomber hangers on the island were being equipped to take bunker-buster bombs.

full story via herald

Iran to U.S.: Get Ready

i wonder if this will include more photo-shopped images of their arsenal.

Iran anniversary 'punch' will stun West: Khamenei

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers during this week's 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

"The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman (February 11) in a way that will leave them stunned," Khamenei, who is also Iran's commander-in-chief, told a gathering of air force personnel.

His comments came as Iran said it would begin to produce higher enriched uranium from Tuesday, in defiance of Western powers trying to ensure the country's nuclear drive is peaceful.
full story via breitbart

ahmadenijad not impressed by "Avatar"

either that or he's enriching uranium.

north korean weapons headed to Iran seized

i'm interested to see what the response will be to this (if there is one).

North Korean Weapons were Headed to Iran
Thailand said Monday that an aircraft loaded with North Korean weapons was flying to Iran when it was intercepted in December but the ultimate destination of the arms is still not known.

Thai authorities seized the Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane and its five-man crew as it landed to refuel on a flight from Pyongyang Dec. 12. Found on board were 35 tons of weapons.
A Thai government report to the U.N. Security Council, leaked to reporters in New York over the weekend, said the aircraft, which had violated U.N. sanctions against North Korea, was bound for Tehran's Mahrabad Airport.
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Canadian ambassador to Iran was CIA spy

i knew the canucks were good for something.

Canada’s Ambassador to Tehran Was a CIA Spy
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s ambassador to Tehran from 1977 to 1980, Ken Taylor, who helped hide U.S. embassy personnel during the Iranian revolution, was a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency, the Globe and Mail reported.

Taylor won widespread U.S. gratitude and became the “de facto CIA station chief” in Tehran after Iranian students seized the U.S. embassy in 1979, taking 63 people hostage, the Globe said, citing an interview with the former ambassador.

Taylor’s intelligence-gathering activities, which included helping plan an armed incursion into Iran, were kept secret by agreement between the Canadian and U.S. governments, the newspaper said.

Had his spying been discovered Taylor told the Globe “the Iranians wouldn’t have tolerated it and the consequences may have been severe."

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Bin Laden's Family Hiding in Iran

why am i not surprised.
Bin Laden's Closest Family Found Hiding in Iran
Usama bin Laden’s closest relatives are living in a secret compound in Iran, members of the family said Tuesday. They include a wife and children who disappeared from his Afghan camp at the time of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

There has been uncertainty about the family’s whereabouts for the past eight years, with reports that some of the children had been killed in bombings, while others had joined their father in planning terrorist attacks. However, relatives said that they found out last month that the group, including one of bin Laden's wives, six of his children and 11 of his grandchildren, had been kept in a high-security compound outside Tehran.
via foxnews

nyc mosques and skyscraper siezed for terrorist ties

Feds move to seize N.Y. skyscraper, 4 mosques
Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.

In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, prosecutors filed a civil complaint in federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets of the Alavi Foundation and an alleged front company.

The assets include Islamic centers in New York City, Maryland, California and Houston, more than 100 acres in Virginia, and a 36-story office tower in New York.

via msnbc