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." home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
3) Iran uses these banks to bypass sanctions in order to continue funding the Assad regime in Syria & proxies across the region:
4) 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.” en.radiofarda.com/a/one-billion-…
6) Those who make such claims are members of #Iran’s network of apologists/lobbyists.
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. english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle…
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. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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." en.radiofarda.com/a/iranian-depu…
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?
1) #Iran’s FM @JZarif is in #China today & tomorrow, most likely to sell-off more of Iran’s wealth for political protection from the Chinese Communist Party.
Chinese fishing boats are already destroying marine life in Iran’s southern waters.
2) Local fishermen in SE Iran:
-These ships are “vacuuming” all the fish, local fishermen are out of work
-Chinese ships are fishing but authorities have banned locals
-Chinese ships are destroying marine life here
-The [Chinese] are destroying the reefs
3) This courageous Baloch fisherman from SE Iran saved a whale from a trawling net. The whale was of an endangered species.
He bravely criticizes the Chinese & Iran’s regime about bottom trawling & the plundering of his country.
#BREAKING
Oct 8—Tehran, #Iran
Following the death of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, an iconic vocalist master of traditional Persian music, Iranians are out in the streets in his memory.
Interestingly they're chanting:
"State media is a disgrace!"
2) Prof. Rita Süssmuth
German Federal Parliament Speaker(1988-1998)
The people of Iran are suffering from coronavirus & the brutal dictatorship. The execution of Navid Afkari has made it clear what an inhuman & extremist rule's Iran. #NoDeathPenalty pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
3) Prof. Norbert Lammert
Former Bundestag President
Execution of Navid Afkari & Mostafa Salehi led to int'l outrage & focus on this regime. This regime is criminalizing any kind of resistance & prosecuting political dissidents. #StopExecutionsInIran pscp.tv/iran_policy/1D…
1) Iranian opposition NCRI hosts online event covering ongoing human rights violations in #Iran & urging the European Union to live up to its political & moral obligations. #NoImpunity4Mullahs twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
3) @Rjukneviciene
We must stand by the Iranian people as doing so is defending our democratic principles. We must stand firm against the regime, condemn its suppression with the strongest terms and hold it to account. #Iran #NoImpunity4Mullahs pscp.tv/iran_policy/1r…
1) This is a periodic reminder that Sen. Chris Murphy had a secret meeting with Iranian FM @JZarif during the Munich Security Conference back in February.
Murphy also has strong ties with #Iran’s DC-based lobby @NIACouncil.