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THREAD
1)
U.S. imposes new crippling sanctions on #Iran’s financial sector, targeting the regime’s support of terrorism & other malign activities.
Note: humanitarian transactions will continue. https://twitter.com/USTreasury/status/1314259601651462144
THREAD
1)
U.S. imposes new crippling sanctions on #Iran’s financial sector, targeting the regime’s support of terrorism & other malign activities.
Note: humanitarian transactions will continue. https://twitter.com/USTreasury/status/1314259601651462144
2)
"...sanctions on key sectors of Iran’s economy in order to deny the Iranian government financial resources that may be used to fund & support its nuclear program, missile development, terrorism & terrorist proxy networks, and malign regional influence."
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1147
"...sanctions on key sectors of Iran’s economy in order to deny the Iranian government financial resources that may be used to fund & support its nuclear program, missile development, terrorism & terrorist proxy networks, and malign regional influence."
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1147
3)
Iran uses these banks to bypass sanctions in order to continue funding the Assad regime in Syria & proxies across the region:
Assad—$15 billion/year
Hezbollah—$700 million/year
Houthis—at least $360 million/year
Hamas—$360 million/year
Iraqi militias—$150 million/year
Iran uses these banks to bypass sanctions in order to continue funding the Assad regime in Syria & proxies across the region:
Assad—$15 billion/year
Hezbollah—$700 million/year
Houthis—at least $360 million/year
Hamas—$360 million/year
Iraqi militias—$150 million/year
4)
Iran also uses such funds to develop weapons systems.
Iran also uses such funds to develop weapons systems.
5)
Some may say US sanctions deprive Iran of humanitarian goods & medicine.
Note: The chief of staff of Iran's president said one billion euros ($1.12 billion) in hard currency allocated for importing medicines & essential goods simply “disappeared.” https://en.radiofarda.com/a/one-billion-euros-allocated-for-importing-essential-goods-disappears-in-iran/30066674.html
Some may say US sanctions deprive Iran of humanitarian goods & medicine.
Note: The chief of staff of Iran's president said one billion euros ($1.12 billion) in hard currency allocated for importing medicines & essential goods simply “disappeared.” https://en.radiofarda.com/a/one-billion-euros-allocated-for-importing-essential-goods-disappears-in-iran/30066674.html
6)
Those who make such claims are members of #Iran’s network of apologists/lobbyists.
Here are just a few examples.
Those who make such claims are members of #Iran’s network of apologists/lobbyists.
Here are just a few examples.
7)
#Iran’s regime is corrupt to the bone.
Iranian MP Ezzatollah Yousefian Molla revealed the “disappearance” of $9 billion in hard currency amid the economic crisis facing Iran with the collapse of the riyal against the US currency. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2018/08/09/Iranian-MP-says-nine-billion-dollars-went-missing-amid-the-collapse-of-Riyal
#Iran’s regime is corrupt to the bone.
Iranian MP Ezzatollah Yousefian Molla revealed the “disappearance” of $9 billion in hard currency amid the economic crisis facing Iran with the collapse of the riyal against the US currency. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2018/08/09/Iranian-MP-says-nine-billion-dollars-went-missing-amid-the-collapse-of-Riyal
8)
Iran has spent between $20 billion & $30 billion in Syria to prop up the Assad regime, a lawmaker told the semi-official Etemad newspaper, in a rare estimate by a regime insider. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-20/iran-has-spent-as-much-as-30-billion-in-syria-lawmaker-says
Iran has spent between $20 billion & $30 billion in Syria to prop up the Assad regime, a lawmaker told the semi-official Etemad newspaper, in a rare estimate by a regime insider. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-20/iran-has-spent-as-much-as-30-billion-in-syria-lawmaker-says
9)
Regime priorities:
Iran's Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines & Trade Hamid Zadboom called the reconstruction of countries such as Syria a "religious duty," adding that "Iranian building materials needed to renovate the war-torn country are underway." https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iranian-deputy-minister-outlines-reconstruction-projects-funded-by-tehran-in-syria-/30878768.html
Regime priorities:
Iran's Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines & Trade Hamid Zadboom called the reconstruction of countries such as Syria a "religious duty," adding that "Iranian building materials needed to renovate the war-torn country are underway." https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iranian-deputy-minister-outlines-reconstruction-projects-funded-by-tehran-in-syria-/30878768.html
10)
Iran does have money, but not for the people
Obama/Biden provided the regime access to $150 bn in credit & $1.8 bn in cash?
The money fueled global terrorism
https://cnn.it/2OV6CQ9
Not a dime was spent on the people; over 60 mn live in poverty & many search in trash...
Iran does have money, but not for the people
Obama/Biden provided the regime access to $150 bn in credit & $1.8 bn in cash?
The money fueled global terrorism
https://cnn.it/2OV6CQ9
Not a dime was spent on the people; over 60 mn live in poverty & many search in trash...
