Treasury Passes New Sanctions on Iran After Missile Test
The sanctions target 13 individuals and 12 entities.
The Treasury Department has announced new sanctions against Iran after the regime performed a ballistic missile test earlier this week. From CNN:
The Treasury Department said it was sanctioning individuals and companies connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program and those providing support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force.
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The new sanctions are designed not to violate the Iran nuclear deal, which the US and five other world powers signed with Tehran during Obama’s tenure. That plan allowed for the lifting of major sanctions against Iran in exchange for a curtailment of its nuclear program.
But they do represent the first concrete step in what the Trump administration has vowed will be a more aggressive approach to Iran.
Here is the full list. It includes 13 individuals and 12 entities.
MORE: U.S. Treasury Dept. announces new sanctions against Iran: 13 individuals and 12 entities impacted. https://t.co/4VQDhmW1r8 pic.twitter.com/QopWLzttIo
— ABC News (@ABC) February 3, 2017
These people and entities “include various agents, companies and associates involved in procuring ballistic missile technology for Iran.” Sanctions mean that “Iranians, Lebanese, Chinese and Emirati individuals and companies also are now blacklisted from doing any business in the United States or with American citizens.”
John Smith, the department’s acting sanction’s chief, stated that “Iran’s continued support for terrorism and development of its ballistic missile program poses a threat to the region, to our partners worldwide and to the United States.”
Earlier this morning, President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif argued over Twitter.
Iran is playing with fire – they don’t appreciate how “kind” President Obama was to them. Not me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
Iran unmoved by threats as we derive security from our people. We’ll never initiate war, but we can only rely on our own means of defense. pic.twitter.com/TxlSEL8rjj
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) February 3, 2017
We will never use our weapons against anyone, except in self-defense. Let us see if any of those who complain can make the same statement. pic.twitter.com/xwGquvqLvb
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) February 3, 2017
Earlier this week, Iran conducted the ballistic missile test in defiance of UN resolution 2231, which the organization passed after nations and Iran agreed on a nuclear deal. The resolution states that Iran cannot perform these tests. Iran insisted no one broke the resolution since these missiles cannot “carry a nuclear warhead.”
On Wednesday, the administration officially put Iran “on notice” and Trump decided to explore options to take against the regime. Iranian officials said any sanctions would violate the nuclear deal, but the Treasury Department took steps to make sure that did not happen since the items “aren’t directed at Iran’s nuclear program.”
Iran laughed off the threats on Thursday:
“This is not the first time that an inexperienced person has threatened Iran,” [President Adviser Ali Akbar] Velayati said. “Iran is the strongest power in the region and has a lot of political, economic and military power … America should be careful about making empty threats to Iran.”
He added: “Iran will continue to test its capabilities in ballistic missiles and Iran will not ask any country for permission in defending itself.”
A group of senators from both sides have encouraged Trump to take a strong stand against Iran:
“Iranian leaders must feel sufficient pressure to cease deeply destabilizing activities, from sponsoring terrorist groups to continued testing of ballistic missiles,” the lawmakers wrote.
“Full enforcement of existing sanctions and the imposition of additional sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program are necessary,” the letter said.
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This is how the administration will undo Obama’s Iran deal – by enforcing the laws already in place.
Same can be said about immigration; Enforcement of current federal laws.
Just waiting for the meeeeeja to start asking WHY exactly Barry ever entered in to any agreement with Iran.
Chances of that happening????
The Iran deal was a stalking horse for the delivery of a load of cash and the allowing of various foreign countries to resume trade with Iran. That is done, and cannot be undone, at least in the latter case without the cooperation of those countries who are currently making a lot of money from Iran. They won’t give that up easily. Neither party involved ever expected anything but the most transparent trappings of compliance from Iran. It wasn’t a negotiation. It was a gift to Iran from Obama, who loves them with a love that dare not speak its name.
Bingo. The deal had nothing to do with Iran’s nuclear program. That was just a cover for the real deal(s) buried deep behind the reported deal.
Link to “readable” list of entities sanctioned. (Sorry, I just couldn’t get my ED to make the one in the post legible for me.)
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20170203.aspx
How convenient that Zero already gave them literally billions.
I loved the picture of the missile test that Drudge had up on his home page yesterday. Difficult to describe, let me just say that if you looked closely you could spot Jar Jar Binks in it.