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	Central Bank of Iran says Iran's economic growth 5 times more than Persian Gulf states
		Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Ebrahim Sheibani on Sunday said Iran had registered a record economic growth of over 7.4 percent over the past Iranian calendar year of 1381 (ended March 20), stressing that this was five times more than the economic growth of the Persian Gulf states, IRNA reported from Tehran.
		Sheibani, talking to IRNA, recalled the government's success to keep the inflation rate at 15.8 percent, to decrease foreign debts and to boost foreign currency reserves to over five billion dollars had made 1381 "an exceptional year" for the Iranian economy.
		Sheibani stressed that Iran's revenues are currently the highest over the years before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
	www.iraniantrade.org /update/news.asp?Id=2752 (183 words)

	National Geoscience Database Of IRAN - News Comment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Central Bank of Iran Governor Ebrahim Sheibani said currently 60 percent of the value added generated in the economy is created by private enterprises, IRNA reported.
		Speaking to reporters late on Tuesday, Sheibani underlined the need to privatize the- economy, noting that state-affiliated organizations and companies should be in charge of upgrading external economic relations.
		Sheibani said bank interest rate has gone down in the past four years, adding that the CBI will continue to try to maintain bank profit rates at or below 10 per cent so as to regulate liquidity volume at around 15 percent.
	www.ngdir.ir /News/NewsDetail.asp?PId=1584 (326 words)

	Iran Daily - Economic Focus - 05/31/06
		Sheibani is of the opinion that the decline in liquidity growth and inflation rates will help bring down bank lending rates over a period of time.
		Sheibani said that based on a recent decision by the Money and Credit Council, profit rates charged on loans extended by private banks are fixed at 3 percent higher than state banks.
		Sheibani believes that firm action has to be taken on the issue of gasoline subsidies.
	www.iran-daily.com /1385/2576/html/focus.htm (1464 words)

	United for Peace of Pierce County, WA - We nonviolently oppose the reliance on unilateral military actions rather than ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ebrahim Sheibani, Central Bank governor, told reporters on Friday that Iran would "transfer the foreign exchange reserves wherever we consider expedient" and confirmed a shift from Europe had begun.
		Sheibani refused to give details or to say where the funds were going, although ISNA, the semi-official Iranian news agency, said the destination was southeast Asia.
		The official confirmed comments from Ebrahim Sheibani, the governor of the Central Bank, which were carried on the Iranian ISNA student news agency, that Iran had started transferring funds.
	www.ufppc.org /content/view/3977/2 (2264 words)

	Central Bank Against Lowering Interest Rate (Rooz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ebrahim Sheibani, the Governor of the bank who reportedly left the session of the Majlis in protest to the vote is rumored soon submit his resign from his post.
		Sheibani had said that if an impossible figure is imposed on the banking system, it will either be ignored or the law will have to be changed.
		In the Majlis session when it became clear that Majlis MPs were disregarding the views of economic experts, Sheibani left the session and refused to meet with the press who had been waiting outside the parliament.
	roozonline.com /english/014911.shtml (412 words)

	Iran’s economic growth up 5.5%
		Sheibani put the cash amount at Rls.921 billion in the last Iranian year, stating, it grew by 34.3 percent compared with its previous figure.
		He noted that experts are surprised at the country's technical, scientific and industrial achievements which prove that the national economy is growing, IRNA reported.
		He said that a 45 percent growth was observed in Iran's export of non-oil products in the past year, adding that the growth rate of exported non-oil products has exceeded that of oil.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=327026 (424 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Iran denies transfer of overseas assets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Foreign Ministry's statement contradicted Central Bank Governor Ebrahim Sheibani, who was quoted on Friday as saying foreign holdings were being shifted.
		Sheibani on Wednesday told reporters that Iran stood ready to repatriate foreign-held assets if that were to prove necessary.
		Prior to Sheibani's comments on Friday, the Asharq al-Awsat Arabic daily reported that Iran's Supreme National Security Council had ordered that overseas assets be sent to Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Malaysia.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200601/23/print20060123_237542.html (315 words)

	Iran’s money supply growing -DAWN - Business; January 6, 2006
		Speaking at a banking convention, Sheibani said growth in the M2 broad money supply was on track for an annual rate of 35 to 36 per cent by the end of the current fiscal year on March 20.
		Sheibani blamed high liquidity growth on a massive influx of petrodollars due to high oil prices, and on lax fiscal discipline.
		Sheibani’s comments echoed recent criticism of Iranian fiscal policy by the International Monetary Fund, which in a report last month said Tehran was doing too little to cut spending and costly subsidies.
	www.dawn.com /2006/01/06/ebr16.htm (313 words)

	Iran Daily
		TEHRAN, Jan. 26--Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Ebrahim Sheibani here Tuesday said that the government is striving to reduce the inflation rate to less than 10 percent in the fourth five-year development plan (March 2005-2010).
		Sheibani said that without reducing inflation rate and liquidity it is not possible to lower the banking rates.
		Sheibani stated in the long-run when the deposits rates are lowered, depositors would not have any incentive to put their money in banks, and this would cripple the banking system.
	www.iran-daily.com /1383/2201/html/economy.htm (2141 words)

	Central Bank of Iran declares rate of inflation at 14.5 percent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Central Bank of Iran Governor Ebrahim Sheibani on Friday declared the current inflation rate at 14.5 percent, IRNA reported from Tehran.
		According to the English-language paper 'Iran Daily', Sheibani was optimistic the government will manage to keep the rate constant in the coming Iranian year (begins March 20, 2005).
		Sheibani revealed that the CBI is studying the prospects of a lowering of official interest rates by banks, stressing that any decision on the matter will need the approval of the National Money and Credit Council.
	www.payvand.com /news/05/jan/1073.html (496 words)

	“Cancer Tower” to rise at Fajr festival
		There are good films for the first and second film sections this year, and an intense competition is expected among them.
		Films such as ‘Nightly’, ‘Friday Evening’, and ‘Men at Work’ are the prominent works of these sections,” Sheibani told the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday.
		Sheibani, 25, made his directorial debut with the horror film “Poison of Honey” in 2002.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=274204 (252 words)

	MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Iran's Central Bank governor said Friday that the country was withdrawing its foreign currency deposits from European banks, a move designed to protect them from any sanctions that might be imposed over the country's nuclear program.
		Governor Ebrahim Sheibani told reporters that Iran was transferring the deposits to an undisclosed location, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported.
		Sheibani would not disclose the location or say how much money was involved.
	www.tkb.org /NewsStory.jsp?storyID=103012 (754 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		Ebrahim Sheibani told reporters that Iran has started transferring the foreign currency reserves from European banks to an undisclosed location, the semiofficial Iranian Students News Agency reported.
		"We transfer the foreign exchange reserves to wherever we deem fit," Sheibani was quoted by ISNA as saying.
		Sheibani would not say how much money was involved and it was not immediately clear whether Iran's investments in Europe would be affected by the move.
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/06_Money/060120.Iran.moves$.html (515 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In an apparent step to ease concerns in the financial and diplomatic communities, Ebrahim Sheibari said Iran would be expedient in withdrawals, backing away from a Friday statement that the process was already under way.
		The head of the central bank, Ebrahim Sheibani had said on Wednesday, in comments that were only reported by Iranian news agencies on Friday, that Iran was moving funds from Europe elsewhere.
		The Iranian news agencies who reported the remarks said he was responding to a question over whether reports Iran was moving foreign accounts of hard currency from Europe to southeastern Asia were correct.
	www.alseyassah.com /arabtimes/business/view.asp?msgID=5429 (604 words)

	Iran, at risk of U.N. sanctions, says moving asset
		Iran, which could face U.N. economic sanctions over its atomic programme, has started to transfer assets held in foreign accounts, the central bank governor, Ebrahim Sheibani, was quoted by Reuters as saying on Friday.
		Sheibani did not say where the funds were going.
		ISNA News Agency asked Sheibani whether the money was being moved to Asian accounts, as reported in the London-based Asharq al-Awsat, which said on Thursday that Iran's Supreme National Security Council had ordered foreign holdings to be sent to Asia.
	economie.moldova.org /stiri/eng/8533/' (322 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Iran Authorities Issue Contradictory Statements About Assets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Director of the Central Bank of Iran, Ebrahim Sheibani.
		The Central Bank of Iran, in a statement faxed to Reuters on Sunday, denied a newspaper report that it was shifting funds to East Asia but did not comment on whether transfers were occurring elsewhere.
		It only denied the reported transfer to Asia, and did not comment on whether Iran was moving money to other destinations or repatriating it.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-1-22/37244.html (394 words)

	» Iran & Europe Working Together? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A senior Iranian official stated that this is an attempt to pre-empt possible U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program.
		Official confirmed comments by Central Bank Governor Ebrahim Sheibani, which was carried on air by the ISNA student news agency, cofirmed that Iran had started transferring funds.
		Ebrahim Sheibani aslo told the agency that the assets were being moved to an “undisclosed” location.
	juiceenewsdaily.com /index.php/2006/01/20/iran-europe-working-together (407 words)

	Iran starts transferring foreign assets-() (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ebrahim Sheibani told the ISNA students' news agency on Friday: "We transfer foreign reserves to wherever we see as expedient.
		ISNA specifically asked whether the money was being moved to Asian accounts but Sheibani's answer sidestepped the issue.
		Sheibani told reporters earlier this week that Iran stood ready to repatriate the money it held abroad should this prove necessary.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1561595/posts (1042 words)

	Iran's Transfer of Foreign Assets Sign of Growing Isolation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ebrahim Sheibani has started transferring foreign reserves from European banks to southeast Asia.
		The United States says word that Iran is transferring its assets from Europe is a sign of Tehran's growing isolation over its nuclear program.
		He spoke after Iran's Central Bank Governor, Ebrahim Sheibani, said Tehran has started transferring foreign reserves from European banks to southeast Asia.
	www.brocktonmass.com /news/publish/5000594.shtml (317 words)

	Forum di Finanzaonline.com - Iran: retaliation oppure misura cautelativa?
		Lo ha annunciato il governatore della banca centrale iraniana, Ebrahim Sheibani.
		Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA-Iran Central Bank (CBI) Governor Ebrahim Shheybani said on Wednesday that the balance of Foreign Exchange Reserve Fund (FERF) should increase to about dlrs 14-15 billion by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20).
		The Iranian students news agency (Isna) reported on Friday that Iran's central bank governor Ebrahim Sheibani had revealed that the country had started to shift assets from Europe.
	www.finanzaonline.com /forum/showthread.php?t=644557 (2038 words)

	SI - readmsg.aspx msgid=22087353
		Iran, facing pressure over its nuclear plans, will repatriate oil earnings held in foreign accounts if that proves necessary, Central Bank Governor Ebrahim Sheibani said on Wednesday.
		Iran is facing referral to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear programme.
		"Whenever that proves necessary, we will do whatever needs to be done," Sheibani told reporters, when asked about the possible need to repatriate oil earnings.
	www.siliconinvestor.com /readmsg.aspx?msgid=22087353 (331 words)

	The Halal Journal
		The official confirmed comments from Ebrahim Sheibani, the governor
		Just hours earlier, Ebrahim Sheibani, the Central Bank governor,
		Mr Sheibani said would contain about $15bn (•12.4bn) by the end of
	www.halaljournal.com /artman/publish/article_531.shtml (526 words)

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