Read on Twitter
THREAD
1)
@SenFeinstein is the latest voice calling for a return to the Obama years of appeasing the regime in #Iran & actually trusting the mullahs with a $5 bn IMF loan.
Reminders:
-Feinstein dined with @JZarif back in May 2019
-Iran spends billions on supporting terrorism
1)
@SenFeinstein is the latest voice calling for a return to the Obama years of appeasing the regime in #Iran & actually trusting the mullahs with a $5 bn IMF loan.
Reminders:
-Feinstein dined with @JZarif back in May 2019
-Iran spends billions on supporting terrorism
2)
Now, let’s put all politics aside & ask some simple questions from Sen. Feinstein:
If you truly are concerned about the Iranian people, why do you not call on Tehran to tap into the billions of dollars controlled by the regime’s dictator @khamenei_ir? https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-embassy-irans-supreme-leader-worth-200-billion/
Now, let’s put all politics aside & ask some simple questions from Sen. Feinstein:
If you truly are concerned about the Iranian people, why do you not call on Tehran to tap into the billions of dollars controlled by the regime’s dictator @khamenei_ir? https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-embassy-irans-supreme-leader-worth-200-billion/
3)
Sen. Feinstein, did you know Reuters reported in 2013 that Khamenei controls a major financial empire?
“Reuters was able to identify about $95 bn in property & corporate assets… roughly 40 percent bigger than the country's total oil exports [in 2012]” https://www.reuters.com/investigates/iran/#article/part1
Sen. Feinstein, did you know Reuters reported in 2013 that Khamenei controls a major financial empire?
“Reuters was able to identify about $95 bn in property & corporate assets… roughly 40 percent bigger than the country's total oil exports [in 2012]” https://www.reuters.com/investigates/iran/#article/part1
4)
Sen. Feinstein, did you known that since 2012, the regime in Iran has spent at least $16 billion to fund its terror proxies abroad while Iranian healthcare services have remained woefully underfunded? https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2018/01/10/iran-spends-16-billion-annually-to-support-terrorists-and-rogue-regimes/
Sen. Feinstein, did you known that since 2012, the regime in Iran has spent at least $16 billion to fund its terror proxies abroad while Iranian healthcare services have remained woefully underfunded? https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2018/01/10/iran-spends-16-billion-annually-to-support-terrorists-and-rogue-regimes/
5)
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that U.S. sanctions are not preventing aid to Iran. The U.S. maintains broad authorizations allowing the sale of food, agricultural commodities, medicine & medical devices by U.S. persons or from the U.S. to Iran?
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/iran_guidance_med.pdf
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that U.S. sanctions are not preventing aid to Iran. The U.S. maintains broad authorizations allowing the sale of food, agricultural commodities, medicine & medical devices by U.S. persons or from the U.S. to Iran?
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/iran_guidance_med.pdf
6)
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that on April 1, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the U.S. sanctions “have failed to hamper our efforts to fight against the coronavirus?” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/rouhani-us-has-lost-opportunity-to-lift-iran-sanctions-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J4HW
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that on April 1, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the U.S. sanctions “have failed to hamper our efforts to fight against the coronavirus?” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions/rouhani-us-has-lost-opportunity-to-lift-iran-sanctions-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J4HW
7)
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that Iranian documents show their healthcare companies have been able to import testing kits since January? https://iranintl.com/en/iran/exclusive-iranian-officials-lied-about-sanctions-hindering-test-kit-import
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that Iranian documents show their healthcare companies have been able to import testing kits since January? https://iranintl.com/en/iran/exclusive-iranian-officials-lied-about-sanctions-hindering-test-kit-import
8)
Sen. Feinstein, did you know Iran refused the United States’ offer of humanitarian assistance and medical supplies to the Iranian people to help address the coronavirus outbreak? https://abcnews.go.com/International/iran-rejects-coronavirus-aid-amid-conspiracy-theories-sanctions/story?id=69775776
Sen. Feinstein, did you know Iran refused the United States’ offer of humanitarian assistance and medical supplies to the Iranian people to help address the coronavirus outbreak? https://abcnews.go.com/International/iran-rejects-coronavirus-aid-amid-conspiracy-theories-sanctions/story?id=69775776
9)
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that on March 23, the Iranian Health Ministry kicked out a Doctors Without Borders team, which was setting up a treatment facility in Isfahan? https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/24/Coronavirus-Iran-expels-Doctors-Without-Borders-team-rejects-aid
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that on March 23, the Iranian Health Ministry kicked out a Doctors Without Borders team, which was setting up a treatment facility in Isfahan? https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/24/Coronavirus-Iran-expels-Doctors-Without-Borders-team-rejects-aid
10)
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that Rouhani applauded the Foreign Ministry for their “concerted effort to influence public opinion and say ‘no’ to sanctions?”
He said “our efforts are aimed at bringing back our money seized in other countries.”
Sen. Feinstein, did you know that Rouhani applauded the Foreign Ministry for their “concerted effort to influence public opinion and say ‘no’ to sanctions?”
He said “our efforts are aimed at bringing back our money seized in other countries.”
11)
Sen. Feinstein, please listen to the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, a young protesters killed by the Iranian regime during the November 2019 nationwide uprising.
He says if sanctions are lifted Tehran will use that money to purchase arms & carry out even more killings.
Sen. Feinstein, please listen to the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, a young protesters killed by the Iranian regime during the November 2019 nationwide uprising.
He says if sanctions are lifted Tehran will use that money to purchase arms & carry out even more killings.
12)
Sen. Feinstein, please listen to this internet taxi driver in Iran.
"Please do not provide any money to the Islamic republic. Not a single rial [Iranian currency] reaches the people. Please do not lift the sanctions from the filthy mullahs' republic."
Sen. Feinstein, please listen to this internet taxi driver in Iran.
"Please do not provide any money to the Islamic republic. Not a single rial [Iranian currency] reaches the people. Please do not lift the sanctions from the filthy mullahs' republic."
