Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 16, 2012 @01:32AM from the let's-see-if-they-notice dept.

dtjohnson writes "Iran is being deleted from the world banking system Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) computers as of Saturday at 1600 UTC. Once the SWIFT codes for Iranian banks are deleted, Iranian banks will no longer be able to transfer funds to and from other worldwide banks, turning Iranian international commerce into a barter operation. SWIFT is taking the action at the request of EU members to comply with international sanctions against Iran due to its program to develop nuclear weapons. The effect will be to drastically hinder Iran's ability to execute international business transactions."

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Re:The people will be the ones who suffer by Scrameustache · 2012-03-16 02:27 · Score: 0, Redundant

How is it that you think that you have contradicted the assertion "they only lack several human rights" by listing several examples of human rights being ignored? Are you joking? Get off slashdot and go learn about basic logic.

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