Months ago, the top @StateDept Counterterrorism official said #alQaida was "on the ropes, no doubt"
Now, @SecPompeo says #AQ poses "a grave threat" from its new "home base" in #Iran
A look at the long, complicated AQ-Iran relationship & what it means...
voanews.com/middle-east/us…
Now, @SecPompeo says #AQ poses "a grave threat" from its new "home base" in #Iran
A look at the long, complicated AQ-Iran relationship & what it means...
voanews.com/middle-east/us…
NEW: US slapping #Iran, foundations controlled by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei w/new sanctions
Sanctions target Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO, Astan Quds Razavi (AQR) which allow regime "to exploit a system of ownership over a wide range of sectors of Iran’s economy"
Sanctions target Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO, Astan Quds Razavi (AQR) which allow regime "to exploit a system of ownership over a wide range of sectors of Iran’s economy"
"While purportedly charitable organizations (bonyads), EIKO and AQR control large swaths of the #Iran|ian economy, including assets expropriated from political dissidents & religious minorities" per @USTreasury
"These institutions enable #Iran’s elite to sustain a corrupt system of ownership" per @USTreasury Sec Steven Mnuchin in statement
“The United States will continue to target those who enrich themselves while claiming to help the Iranian people.”
“The United States will continue to target those who enrich themselves while claiming to help the Iranian people.”
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