>Late last year, Iran announced that it had stopped carrying out its oil transactions in US dollars.
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>"At the moment, selling oil in US dollars has been completely halted, in line with the policy of selling crude in non-dollar currencies, " Nozari was quoted as saying in December
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http://news.theage.com.au/iran-says-oil-price-too-low-at-115-us-dollars-a-barrel/20080419-278q.html>
And you feel there's positively no connection with this and the ever-increasing rhetoric by President Bush and other Administration officials about possible war with Iran????
SNIP