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(1) A lot of problems with the unnamed State official quoted in this piece.
A key difficulty in sorting out the “third category” of “difficult cases,” the State Department official said, is that “the Trump administration deliberately and avowedly imposed sanctions involving the
A key difficulty in sorting out the “third category” of “difficult cases,” the State Department official said, is that “the Trump administration deliberately and avowedly imposed sanctions involving the
(2) “... terrorist label . . . even though they were done purely for the purpose of preventing or hindering” the U.S. return to compliance with the nuclear deal.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-iran-nuclear-deal-sanctions/2021/04/21/f6e70b26-a2e2-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html
(3) A reminder to all reporters that there are plenty of us willing to go on the record to counter and explain quotes like these from the current Admin. Iran is the world’s leading State Sponsor of terrorism. The State Dept actually certifies this....
(4) Their relentless support for terrorism is why the central bank of Iran, among other entities, were designed for supporting terrorism. A robust designation package is provided when an entity or individual is designated, and the unnamed official knows this. Terrorism sanctions
(5) aren’t issued for political will, and they shouldn’t be taken away with a political whim. Only if the entity has proven over a long period of time that they have stopped supporting terrorism. Look, for ex, the removal of the State Sponsor of Terrorism designation on Sudan
(6) The central bank of Iran funds terrorism and they haven’t stopped. These are facts. They may inconvenient facts for those who want to rush back into a political untenable and flawed deal, but still facts. It sets a terribly bad precedence if the Biden Admin removed a...
(7) terrorism designation for a political deal, and not because the entity proved over a long period of time that they had repented, turned from their old ways, and renounced supporting terrorism. No one thinks Iran has done this, first and foremost the regime themselves!
(8) finally I don’t tweet that often and am annoyed there is no edit button so please excuse the typos. Meant to say “precedent” etc
