Iran: We Will 'Confront' New EU Sanctions

AP via Yahoo News ^ | 1 July 2012 | Nasser Karimi

[edpc]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has stored up imports and hard currency for a "battle" against "dastardly" EU sanctions, officials said Sunday, the day that the measures aimed at pressuring the Islamic Republic over its controversial nuclear program take effect.

Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said the country has stockpiled the population's daily needs to reduce the impact of the embargo hitting the oil and banking sectors.

"Today, we are facing the heaviest of sanctions and we ask people to help officials in this battle," Rahimi was quoted by state television's website as saying at a religious conference. He said the "dastardly sanctions" might cause "occasional confusion" in the market, but that the Iranian nation would not be stopped.

[edpc]

Dastardly? What are they gonna do....tie us to the train tracks and laugh maniacally while twisting their moustache?

[Gay State Conservative]

I wonder if those clowns in Tehran sporting the white beards and the black dresses understand that they will be "confronted" in the not-too-distant future by a force far more dangerous than the EU??

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks edpc. Yeah, there’s no way around it, really.