Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[Feroze]

Not quite. Both, the Saudis and the Iranians, have had a decades long MO of attempting to spread political influence in the region under the garb of sectarian/ideological propagation and hence have stood opposed to the other. They've done it in each other's countries along with others, such as Pakistan. It's just a tool and nothing more. Otherwise, there are plenty of Sunni in Palestine and Shia in Kashmir.



Wannabe Iranian. Result of the above.

You may be the Think Tank Consultant, but I have lived in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi ulema are staunchly anti-Shia.

 

[BHAN85]

SWIFT is an international network of banks for interbank operations.

Iran has its own payment system too, and it has integrated it with some Russian banks and payment systems like MIR. I'm sure all countries have such systems or can develop such systems in several weeks. That's not the difficult part, every country can do it, but SWIFT is different because nearly all banks in the world are connected to it.

Countries can create their own systems, but can you convince other banks in the other parts of the world to join your network? That's the problem. And so far, even the BRICS has failed to find a solution to this. It's not a matter of technology, it's a matter of reputation.

Any decent software engineer can build a website like Instagram or facebook, but will it replace them? The same problem.

Yeah of course it's not a technical problem.

I only talked about countries under USA influence due to that. It's a problem of political will of vassals who are comfortable in their vassal status.

BTW Chinese credit cards UnionPay (Chinese equivalent to MasterCard/Visa) are accepted almost in all Spanish ATM and shops, although no Spanish banks issues those cards.

I opened a thread about e-CNY, electronic renminbi, days ago here, and it was closed due to "Advertising" , in China subforum.

I know Iran has a own electronic system to sell petrol.
I didnt know Iran has own credit card system, what is the name? can it be used outside Iran? Here Russian MIR system can't be used, but Chinese UnionPay yes. What's the most used payment system in Iran?

 

[Aryan_B]

Just for laugh gags...

surprised hes not in pedo epstein file whats he doing with those kids?? looks like pedo to me

 

[Aryan_B]

You may be the Think Tank Consultant, but I have lived in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi ulema are staunchly anti-Shia.

Only since revolution prior to that Iran Saudi were allies, This sect thing is all bull

 

[Feroze]

Only since revolution prior to that Iran Saudi were allies, This sect thing is all bull

You are correct, Sir. Before the Iranian revolution Saudi Arabia and Shah of Iran were allies.

That is correct. But some intellectual said people do not know everything about Sunni/Shia rift.

The Shias also have some valid arguments as well.

I am Sunni by the way.

 

[Immortals]

Yeah, would not surprise me, will go down very well in the US and Iran badly needs moderen airliners. As I mentioned, no reason Iran Air cannot take on the big 3 GCC carriers.

200 737s and 100 787s will make Trump very happy and it also provides him good ammo against the Zionists who are attacking him right now on this deal. It is not a stupid move by Iran, they have driven a wedge between US and Israel, no one has done that in last 40 years, they should capitalise on this.

If US can now sell weapons to Iraq, Vietnam and India who were all enemies at one point, no reason in a few years, if trust is permanently established, we cannot see modern US weapons in Iran (again)

To be fair 2015 JCPOA had a big Boeing order and only I think a 1-2 aircraft were ever delivered before Trump tore it up.

How big could it be to convince the Congress? $10 billion at most?
I don't think the US needs $10 billion that badly.

It’s the optics of a deal not the dollar amount. And Trump loves announcing deals. Look at China deal with respect to American agriculture products.

Plus like it or not, Iran is a MAJOR wheat importer and until now mostly relied on India. If it can import from America that helps diversify its food chain. It has purchased American agricultural goods in the past, so this isn’t some bizarre event.

 

[Immortals]

 

[Persian Gulf]

Significant American concession to Iran

 

[ShapurII]

Yeah of course it's not a technical problem.

I only talked about countries under USA influence due to that. It's a problem of political will of vassals who are comfortable in their vassal status.

BTW Chinese credit cards UnionPay (Chinese equivalent to MasterCard/Visa) are accepted almost in all Spanish ATM and shops, although no Spanish banks issues those cards.

I opened a thread about e-CNY, electronic renminbi, days ago here, and it was closed due to "Advertising" , in China subforum.

I know Iran has a own electronic system to sell petrol.
I didnt know Iran has own credit card system, what is the name? can it be used outside Iran? Here Russian MIR system can't be used, but Chinese UnionPay yes. What's the most used payment system in Iran?

Yes, exactly. The Europeans have the required reputation to create their own system for the EU countries at least, but I doubt it would extend to non-EU countries anytime soon. The BRICS has tried to create such an interbank system but it hasn't happened yet, due to lack of political will as you said.

Yes, if I'm not mistaken, Iran tried to integrate with UnionPay as well, but China wasn't interested, probably because of the US sanctions. But Iranian ATMs accept Russian MIR cards now. Iran's SHETAB cards are now accepted in Russian ATMs as well. I think Iran is also in talks with Belarus to do the same.

Iran has multiple payment systems. For ATMs, it's called SHETAB, which is an acronym but it is also the literal word for 'acceleration' in Persian. It is the fastest payment method in Iran and transactions are processed immediately and it works 24/7. All debit cards issued by banks in Iran are connected to SHETAB by default.

We have other systems for larger amounts of money called PAYA and SATNA. Their transactions are processed in prescheduled intervals. There is also another payment system called POL, which is like SHETAB but it's used for larger amounts of money and only some Iranian banks support it.

These are the major level-0 systems in Iran, but several payment gateways offer different functionalities based on these systems, which are indirectly controlled by the Central Bank of Iran. The payment gateways have their own APIs for other websites. Sort of like Stripe.

 

[ShapurII]

It’s the optics of a deal not the dollar amount. And Trump loves announcing deals. Look at China deal with respect to American agriculture products.

Plus like it or not, Iran is a MAJOR wheat importer and until now mostly relied on India. If it can import from America that helps diversify its food chain. It has purchased American agricultural goods in the past, so this isn’t some bizarre event.

The optics will fool your average MAGA supporter, not the US congressmen loyal to Israel.

Yes, even during Ahmadinejad's time, the US exported lots of pharmaceuticals and wheat to Iran. If we are talking about wheat, then that's fine. But if we are going to import some GMO products, then hell no.

 

[pakistaniandproud]

An interesting triangle is developing on Pakistan's role:

 

[That_Guy]

Significant American concession to Iran

Considering how things are going, could we potentially see embassies opening in each other's territories?

I know its a long shot, but these negotiations seem more like normalization talks, rather than nuclear talks.

 

[ParthianLord]

Israeli TV nonsense :

"Iran is using electromagnetic brain wave weapon´s to brainwash americans including Trump to do their biddings"

 

[Meengla]

Very interesting!
Also, those who have been questioning the value of the MOU may want to read that long article which @Watandar posted above which has the Neo Cons crying over the MOU.

 

[Meengla]

Background for the above Tweet, per Jpost

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A joint statement released by the mediating countries, Qatar and Pakistan, announced the creation of a Lebanon deconfliction mechanism on Monday.

According to the mediators, this entails a direct US-Iranian track to terminate military operations in Lebanon and appears to include the Lebanese government but not Israel.

It also appears to exclude France and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which had previously been involved in peacekeeping in Lebanon.

The mediators did not explain how that would operate or resolve the current hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, lauded the new mechanism, calling it "major progress to end Lebanon War," and saying that the first real test was the "Lebanon deconfliction cell."