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Washington - The administration of US President Donald Trump is working to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. Observers consider the move to be a natural result of the regional and international climate against radical currents and a broader resistance to terrorism based on its intellectual, spiritual and organizational roots.

The US ban on the group would go beyond the Brotherhood of Egypt to include the branches of international organization in various continents and dismantle its networks, especially in Europe. It also sends strong messages to countries that support system" rel="">support these organizations, especially Qatar and Turkey.

The White House said on Tuesday the administration was working to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, which could lead to sanctions on Egypt's oldest Islamic political group.

"The president has consulted with his national security team and regional leaders share his concern," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in an e-mail message. "This rating takes its course through internal procedures."

Although the White House plan to put the Brotherhood on the black lists still faces some objections to figures in Congress or in important ministries such as the Pentagon, it is based on questions about the impact of the resolution on US national security, and ways to implement it rather than a position in principle.

The campaign in support system" rel="">support of the resolution is spearheaded by National Security Advisor John Bolton and Foreign Secretary Mike Pompeo at a time when the US administration appears to be more assertive in dealing with Islamist groups and militias in various parts of the world, particularly in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Libya. It extends to include various branches and their partisan, propaganda, charity and financial networks.

The administration discussed the classification of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization shortly after Trump took power in January 2017.

The New York Times said in a report that if Washington actually implemented these plans, this will have wide-ranging consequences for individuals and companies linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, explaining that it may reach a ban on travel on individuals and economic constraints.

The US embargo will not stand, especially since Washington has consistently issued sanctions on entities and individuals involved in its decisions, as well as those who cooperate with them, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah or Iraqi militias, as well as with the Revolutionary Guard The Iranian.

Experts in the hardline groups say that the Brotherhood's status on the terror lists will mean forcing countries that still open the door to public and secret movement to deal with them just like al-Qaeda and Daoud, which necessitates the dismantling of social and charitable societies and advocacy, educational and media platforms that usually resort to concealment and camouflage. Context of the empowerment strategy.

The margin of maneuver will be limited to the group as well as to some regional countries that use the Brotherhood branches in the context of internal balances, especially after the Trump administration has shown a strong determination to implement sanctions on the oil sector in Iran and has closed the exceptions. Gaza, and Hezbollah in Lebanon, whose foreign financial transactions are being closely tracked.

Experts note that the US decision will not exclude the regional branches of the group, including groups that have changed their names or abandoned the group's slogans in the context of piety and are keen to appear as a party that believes in political participation and the adoption of civil law.

There is no doubt that the new classification, if adopted American, will become a topic of debate in Europe and that many countries are ready to adopt it and move to implement it as an expected response to the security and social concerns it is experiencing because of the expansion of extremist currents and their transformation into social objects that threaten the unity, culture and values of Western societies. , Which reflected the statements of French President Emmanuel Macaron days ago on political Islam and its danger.

"We're talking about people who, under the cover of religion, have a political project, about the political Islam project that seeks to break away from our republic," McCron said last Thursday. In this particular point, I have asked the Government not to show any complacency. "

France's clarity on political Islam would lead to open eyes on the vast and complex activities of the Muslim Brotherhood networks throughout Europe as well as intercontinental networks, starting from Europe as a safe and free space to expand its activities to the United States, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Analysts say that Trump's strategy is to adopt a counter-terrorism strategy to access and eradicate radical ideas and movements, especially in the Middle East, but the presence in the West of these movements will be a top concern.

They believe Washington will put pressure on its European allies to clamp down on the group, which is similar to its octopus networks in terms of entanglements and their ability to hide. It will also put greater pressure on regional countries that are financially and mediaally supportive of the group and have become safe havens for terrorist-designated leaders and fugitives from judicial decisions in their countries of origin.

At the head of these countries will be Qatar and Turkey, whose relationship with the group has been a direct cause of tension in the relationship with the regional environment.

The group's classification of a terrorist organization may complicate Washington's relationship with Turkey, a US ally in NATO. The group has close ties to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and many members of the group fled to Turkey after a ban on its activities in Egypt.

Turkish political analyst Ilhan Tanir says that with all the other complications between Turkey and the United States now (unlike the F-35 and the S-400 missiles, the situation in northeastern Syria, accusations of human rights violations), the classification of the Muslim Brotherhood will be the latest and most serious blow to bilateral relations. The two countries, if Washington considers Turkey's illegal allies and most importantly in the region as terrorists.

"We do not yet know whether the Trump administration will take steps to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization," Tanir told The Arabs. But the current reports show the position of the US government from this group, and it completely contradicts the Erdogan government's vision of the Brotherhood. "

Attia al-Alani, a Tunisian expert in the hardline movements, said that the American decision carries local and regional implications and implications, even if it was issued. It is in line with Trump's view that radical movements find their roots in the political Islam

In its repercussions on Tunisia, al-Alani said in a statement to Al-Arab that the Ennahda movement would have to deny any relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood organization, but that it would be limited to Arab and international public opinion.

He added that the Renaissance movement, and under the sword of the American decision will do all it can not be expected in the government even if winning the elections 2019 because it knows that difficult days will pass if they open the files of the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood

Ghazi al-Shawashi, a leading figure in the democratic trend, played down the implications of the American decision on the Tunisian scene, but considered it a test of the extent to which the Nahdha movement was prepared for change.

He said that in order for the Islamic movements to maintain their existence, they must become civil movements that believe in democracy and carry out reforms, perhaps the most important of which is the abandonment of the employment of religion.

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Trump is creating a domino effect with the re-implimintations of sanctions against Iran. Cutting off the head of the snake3 ( Iran ) is now putting the financial squeeze on the terrorist groups that Iran supports.

I myself never thought about that part, but I guess that is why Trump is where he is at and we are not.

 

Fantastic play on his part I'd say. Get your popcorn and beer ready folks, It's now going to get real interesting !!

 

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Trump is creating a domino effect with the re-implimintations of sanctions against Iran. Cutting off the head of the snake3 ( Iran ) is now putting the financial squeeze on the terrorist groups that Iran supports.

I myself never thought about that part, but I guess that is why Trump is where he is at and we are not.

 

Fantastic play on his part I'd say. Get your popcorn and beer ready folks, It's now going to get real interesting !!

 

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Thank you Yota and Pokerplayer ...yep totally agree  ..President Trump is no intimidated by those criminals terrorists and different to the weak Obuma has the balls to stand against them ..now they are learning why America is the # ONE ¡¡ course a big party should be great ¡¡¡  :)

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I wouldn't put it past Iran :lol: Desperate people do desperate things.

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Boxed in: $1 billion of Iranian crude sits at China’s Dalian port

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Some 20 million barrels of Iranian oil sitting on China’s shores in the northeast port of Dalian for the past six months now appears stranded as the United States hardens its stance on importing crude from Tehran.

Iran sent the oil to China, its biggest customer, ahead of the reintroduction of U.S. sanctions last November, as it looked for alternative storage for a backlog of crude at home.

The oil is being held in so-called bonded storage tanks at the port, which means it has yet to clear Chinese customs. Despite a six-month waiver to the start of May that allowed China to continue some Iranian imports, shipping data shows little of this oil has been moved.

Traders and refinery sources pointed to uncertainty over the terms of the waiver and said independent refiners had been unable to secure payment or insurance channels, while state refiners struggled to find vessels.

The future of the crude, worth well over $1 billion at current prices, has become even more unclear after Washington last week increased its pressure on Iran, saying it would end all sanction exemptions at the start of May.

“No responsible Chinese company with any international exposure will have anything to do with Iran oil unless they are specifically told by the Chinese government to do so,” said Tilak Doshi of oil and gas consultancy Muse, Stancil & Co in Singapore.

Iran previously stored oil in 2014 at Dalian during the last round of sanctions that was later sold to buyers in South Korea and India.

China last week formally complained to the United States over the unilateral Iran sanctions, but U.S. officials have said Washington is not considering a further short-term waiver or a wind-down period.

The 20 million barrels is equal to about a month’s worth of China’s imports from Iran over the past six months, or about two days of the country’s total imports.

Iran says it will continue to export oil in defiance of U.S. sanctions.

A senior official with the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC), who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters: “We will continue to sell our oil.”

“Iran is now desperate and will deal with anyone with steep discounts as long as they get paid somehow,” said Doshi.

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Some Iranian oil sent to Dalian has moved, according to a ship tracking analyst at Refinitiv.

Dan, a supertanker owned by NITC moved 2 million barrels of oil from Dalian more than 1,000 km (620 miles) to the south to the Ningbo Shi Hua crude oil terminal in March, according to Refinitiv data.

Ningbo is home to Sinopec’s Zhenhai refinery, one of the country’s largest oil plants with a capacity of 500,000 barrels a day and a top processor of Iranian oil.

Sinopec declined to comment.

The Iranian tanker was chartered by state-run Chinese trader Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, according to Refinitiv analyst Emma Li. The NITC official confirmed the oil was taken by Zhuhai Zhenrong.

Zhenrong was started in the 1990s and brokered the first oil supply deals between Iran and China. At that time, Iran was supplying oil to China to pay for arms supplied by Beijing during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Zhuhai Zhenrong still specializes mainly in buying Iranian oil.

An official at the general manager’s office with Zhuhai Zhenrong’s office in Beijing said he could not immediately comment. The company did not reply to a fax seeking comment.

For now, more Iranian oil is heading to China, with the supertankers Stream and Dream II due to arrive in eastern China from Iran on May 5 and May 7, respectively, Refinitiv data showed.

Some of this crude may be from Chinese investments into Iranian oilfields, a sanctions grey area.

Whether China will keep buying oil from Iran remains unclear, but analysts at Fitch Solutions said in a note “there may be scope for imports via barter or non-compliance from … China.”

Muse, Stancil & Co’s Doshi said the only way to get the Iranian oil out of Dalian now was by cheating.

“Only rogue parties might try to cheat the system and try to pass the Iranian oil at Dalian as something else via fraudulent docs. But I doubt this is easy or can amount to much in terms of volume.”
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Chen Aizhu and Florence Tan in Singapore; additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Dubai and Min Zhang in Beijing; Editing by Henning Gloystein and Richard Pullin)

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rowhani reiterated on Wednesday that Tehran would continue to sell its oil despite US sanctions and said Washington's policy of pressuring Iran would fail in practice.

Rowhani described the US decision to try to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero in a "groundless" policy and said that "American power is not as strong as they say."

On April 22, the United States demanded that Iranian oil buyers stop imports by May 1 or face sanctions, ending a six-month exemption that allowed the top eight oil buyers from Tehran, mostly from Asia, to import limited quantities.


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Rouhani: We will compensate for any loss in oil revenues and our good relations with neighboring countries

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Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said on Wednesday that his country will compensate for any loss in the oil sector, pointing out the existence of good relations with neighboring countries. 
"We will compensate for any loss of Iranian oil revenues," Rohani said in remarks broadcast by Iranian television during a series of agricultural, industrial and cultural projects. "We have good relations with neighboring countries except one or two countries in southern Iran." 
"We do not have any hostility with any country, but at the same time we will not stand idly by for every conspiracy being waged against Iran," he said. 
The United States of America announced on April 22, not to renew exemptions from sanctions on oil-importing countries from Iran, the date of renewal on May 2 next.
The White House said in a statement that "President Donald Trump has decided not to reissue sanctions exemptions on Iran when it expires in early May, which aims to reach Iranian oil exports to zero and deprive the regime of its main source of income." "The United States, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, three of the world's largest energy producers, together with our friends and allies, are committed to ensuring that global oil markets continue to be adequately supplied." 
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also stressed that the decision not to renew exemptions on oil-importing countries from Iran was aimed at responding to Iranian policies. "We have made it clear to the Iranian leaders that if we are attacked, we will respond in a strict way," Pompeo told a news conference. "We will respond to what Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, or any militia around the world is doing."
In turn, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that Tehran is in contact with internal institutions and international partners concerned with the suspension of exemptions from US sanctions on Iran, stressing that it does not give any consideration to the granting or lifting of such exemptions.

 
 
 
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Observers of the international scene have warned that Iran is finding its ways to circumvent US sanctions through its relationship with some countries with deep political ties, especially after President Hassan Rouhani’s remarks about six ways that Tehran could export oil without the US administration knowing.

Iran and Malaysia

Former Israeli politician Danny Yaton, who served as head of the Mossad security service and between 1999 and 2001, warned in a Jerusalem Post article that Some of Tehran’s methods to try to circumvent US sanctions, which are enabled by China and Russia, have gotten more attention – but some smaller countries like Malaysia can also play a big factor and may become more important at this new stage.

Regarding the Iran-Malaysia connection, in November 2018, the British media reported that British businessman Alexander George was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for smuggling military hardware, including Russian MiG and US F4 Phantom parts to Iran via companies he owned in Malaysia.

Past reports by the US government have indicated extensive relations between Iran and Malaysia’s government-owned national oil company, Petronas, to jointly explore gas fields.

Last week, Haaretz reported that Western intelligence sources have said that Iran and Malaysia have woven an alliance which enablesTehran to evade economic sanctions. Oil tankers seen sailing in atypical numbers between the two countries was given as an example.

Dating back to 2011, Time magazine had reported that there were 60,000 Iranians studying, working or waiting for visas in Malaysia. This volume of population exchange means it is easy for Iranian intelligence operatives to find undercover reasons for traveling between Iran and Malaysia to carry out clandestine activities.

With Iran and Hamas often working together, there is also a potential Iran-Malaysia-Hamas connection.

As of 2015, the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center had highlighted two instances of Hamas’ military-terrorist wing activity in Malaysia.

In one instance, the indictment of Wasim Qawasmeh of Hebron led to the revelation that he was recruited by Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades in Malaysia, along with other Palestinians from the West Bank studying there.

Iran and Russia

In February, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow will continue all-out cooperation with Iran, including in the area of nuclear energy, despite all the pressures from the United States.

Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s treasury secretary, recently confirmed that Russia, Syria, and Iran were involved in a highly intricate operation to launder money in and out of Syria in order to generate funds for Iran’s continued pursuit of military and political hegemony in the Middle East, with Mnuchin admitting that “a complex scheme between Iran and Russia has been used to bolster the (Bashar al-) Assad regime  (in Syria) to generate funds for Iranian malign activity,”

The scheme begins with a Soviet-era entity known as Promsyryoimport, a trading company controlled by Russia’s economy ministry which largely inactive since the Soviet Union’s 1991 collapse until it began helping Iran illegally ship its oil and gas.

Much of the revenue makes its way into Syria and neighboring Lebanon, where Iran’s close ally, the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah, has access to the international offshore banks. Some of the income from the transfer of oil returns to Iran via the import of goods that would otherwise be subject to the current sanctions.

What’s far more lucrative for the Iranian regime, however, is the oil-for-goods scheme that channels capital from the Central Bank of Iran to a Kremlin-controlled Russian pharmaceutical company and bank. What this has done is allow Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to use the trade as a way to gain access to Russian goods and services, including such generation, railway infrastructure, and agricultural products, while at the same time generate revenue to continue funding their activities in the region, including providing support to Hezbollah and Hamas in theGaza Strip.

Moscow has neither confirmed nor denied the scheme, but the Kremlin openly declared its intention to help Iran counter the US’ attempt to isolate Tehran economically when the sanctions went into effect, with Putin’s own press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, and Russia’s energy minister, Alexander Novak,  admitting to Western publications that Moscow had no intention of ending its oil-for-goods programme with Iran. 

Iran and Iraq

In March, Brian Hook, the State Department's special representative on Iran, made references to Iran's President Hassan Rouhani's recent visit to Iraq, saying, "When President Rouhani comes into Iraq promising a lot of benefits for the people, you should look to see how the Iranian people have been doing under President Rouhani. They have lost ground by every economic indicator." Hook stressed, " This is a regime that does not invest in its own people. So we shouldn't expect them to be supporting or helping the Iraqi people in any way. They are pawns in a larger foreign policy game."

He also made it clear that Iran is not likely to stand by promises made by Rouhani during his visit to Iraq. "I would point you to the way President Rouhani has delivered on his economic promises that he made in 2013. He has failed to deliver on those promises to the Iranian people. The Iraqis should not expect any different results for them," Hook said.

Meanwhile he warned Iraq to be mindful of U.S. sanctions. "We do expect them to comply with U.S. Sanctions. We think it is very much in Iraq's interest. Because the more we deny this regime revenues that it uses to destabilize Iraq and the Middle East, through funding the IRGC and its Qods Force, the better it is for the Iraqi people."

"We have a much different approach than President Rouhani takes to Iraq," said Hook, adding "What he says publicly, no matter what agreement he signs, we have to look at the underlying motives, which is to dominate Iraq. That is their intention. They are certainly trying to create this Shiite corridor of power across the Middle East."

The U.S. diplomat reiterated: "The United States very much wants a strong and sovereign Iraq. We want the Iraqi people to have freedom to make their own decision without interference by President Rouhani and Qassem Suleimani."

He further warned Iraqis against working with Iranian banks. "The United States designated many dozens of Iranian banks that are dirty banks. They are deeply corrupt banks that serve only the regime. So we have made it very clear to banks around the world that we will sanction any sanctionable activity. I think the Iraqi banks certainly know that there are banks that we have designated as such. These are the same bank that the SWIFT financial system also took out of its financial network because these banks are not in compliance with SWIFT standards."

Hook reminded that the Iranian financial system is deliberately dark and opaque. "It does not comply with those standards because the regime does not want people to know where the money goes. Because if people could see that they would see that the money is spent all around the Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Bahrain in order to achieve its ambitions to dominate the middle East," said Hook.

In may, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the Governor and a senior official of the Central Bank of Iran, an Iraq-based bank and its chairman, and a key Hizballah official, all of whom have moved millions of dollars on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to Hizballah.  They were designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism.

OFAC has designated  Aras Habib, the Chairman and Chief Executive of Al-Bilad Islamic Bank, for assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, the IRGC-QF.  Aras Habib enabled the IRGC-QF’s exploitation of Iraq’s banking sector to move funds from Tehran to Hizballah, jeopardizing the integrity of the Iraqi financial system.  Habib, who has a history of serving as a conduit for financial disbursements from the IRGC-QF to Iranian-backed Iraqi groups, has also helped provide IRGC-QF financial support to Lebanese Hizballah.  Al-Bilad Islamic Bank is being designated for being owned or controlled by Aras Habib.

Starting today, China, India, South Korea, Turkey, Japan, Taiwan, Italy and Greece will faceUS sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil.
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24 minutes ago, markb57 said:

I have a bad feeling that since the US is alone in this process of sanctions, that it's going to backfire on us badly.

 

I sure hope your wrong mark57. If they get away with this, it will only embolden them even further in thr future.

 

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Iraqi government relies on oil prices after tightening sanctions against Iran

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 2019/04/26 18:31:05
A member of the Evaluation Committee of the government program and strategic planning MP Anam Khuzai on Friday, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi,
to establish an independent sovereign fund to extinguish the sovereign debt of the international consequences of Iraq.

"Iraq relies heavily on the recovery of oil prices in financing the public budget and the use of surplus in the payment of sovereign debt after it jumped following the tightening of US sanctions on Iran to exceed the barrier of $ 75 a barrel on Thursday, 25 April 2019, which is higher Level of oil prices this year. "

Al-Khuzaie called for the sale of Iraqi oil at around $ 70 per barrel (less than the price of Brent crude oil). Iraq will achieve $ 14 a barrel of oil over the budgeted price of $ 56 a barrel.

He added that "if we take the rate of Iraq's exports of oil per month (and within the quota of the OPEC countries), about (105) million barrels per day in the accounts of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil for the month of March, this means achieving a financial abundance of more than (1.5) A billion dollars a month, and this amount can be increased if prices continue to escalate after the refining of Iranian oil exports in early May.

Khuzaie wondered, "Does the economic decision maker, the Prime Minister, respond specifically to the supreme economic interests of the country and the citizen, especially that the opportunity is available to start the establishment of a fund to extinguish the Iraqi sovereign debt, which is financed mainly from the financial abundance achieved by the difference between the price of oil stabilized by the budget and current price Markets or will the sword of foreign indebtedness remain on the necks of Iraqis? "

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BAGHDAD - A military source in Baghdad denied that the Iraqi Defense Ministry had any intention to hold joint maneuvers with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, stressing that his country re-assess its position on dealing with this force, after being placed by the United States on the list of terrorist organizations.

The source, who was commenting on the news broadcast by the agency "Tasnim" Iran, announced that the Revolutionary Guard discussed with the commander of the Iraqi Navy, Major General Ahmed Jassim Maaraj, the implementation of joint military exercises, told the "Arabs" that "the Iraqi armed forces are not responsible for the content of media statements Issued by other countries. "

The source refrained from explaining the reasons for the visit of the commander of the naval force to Iran and his meeting with officers of the Revolutionary Guard, which is on the list of terrorist organizations.

The Iranian agency said that the commander of the naval force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Ali Reza Tenkseiri, received on Wednesday the commander of the Iraqi naval force General Marine Ahmed Jassim Maarj, noting that "the two sides exchanged views during this meeting on enhancing defense cooperation in maritime areas between the two countries and the formation of A joint committee for defense-maritime cooperation, enhanced coordination between the two navies, educational, scientific and research cooperation, the exchange of university experience in marine science issues, technical cooperation and marine engineering in infrastructure affairs, Of. "

"The enemy (in reference to the United States) is seeking to spread discrimination among Muslims," he said."Despite all conspiracies, the special relationship between the Iranian and Iraqi peoples is the result of religious contributions and national rapprochement. The Iranian and Iraqi peoples can be considered the best example of Islamic unity."

"The two sides can, through unity, provide security for the Gulf region," he said.

"Of course, foreigners are upset about the unity of Muslims in the region, so if the unity of this unit is established, the presence of foreigners in this region will be futile, so we must strengthen our unity and our brothers daily."

The commander of the Iraqi naval force did not comment on the Iranian general's reference to the proposed joint military exercise. But the Iranian agency quoted him as saying that "the bilateral relations between Iran and Iraq is very close to religion and national," noting that "Iraq seeks to strengthen these relations."

Iraqi political sources interpreted the official Iraqi silence in the face of Iranian statements as the best expression of the self-distancing principle adopted by the Baghdad government in its position on the US-Iranian conflict, which the United States has already agreed to, provided that Iraq complies with the terms of US sanctions against Iran.

And because the Iranian statements are not binding on Iraq and came in a general context related to what Iran considers part of its previous successes, the Iraqi party is only talking in a general manner does not indicate specific action, which means that the meeting is part of a media war, Inside Iran and the suggestion that Iran's followers in Iraq have not given up.

"The Iranian brothers in the Revolutionary Guard and the rest of the forces had a great cooperation and wide and close with the popular mobilization and the Iraqi forces to defeat Badash, and played a distinctive role in all the axis of the fight against terrorism and he spoke." He expressed "the hope that the relations between Iran and Iraq will be strengthened and not allow the enemy to create a distance between the two sides," according to the Iranian agency.

Observers in Baghdad say that "repeated announcements by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard generals that come unilaterally about close military cooperation with Iraq reflect the tendency of this force to assert that the decision to classify it as a terrorist organization by the United States is not affected."

On the joint military maneuvers between the Revolutionary Guards and the Iraqi Navy, observers commented that "it is a joke, since the backbone of the Iraqi naval force, after 2003, is an American and a British."

Observers believe that the United States and Britain will in no way allow the Iranians to see the secrets of modern equipment supplied to the Iraqi Navy.

Iraqi military sources say US and British naval officers have worked side by side with their Iraqi counterparts to develop the capabilities of Iraqi naval forces for years, noting that the development programs include study missions for Iraqi officers to universities in the United States and Britain.

An Iraqi political observer confirmed that the United States would never permit any kind of military cooperation between Iran and Iraq, not only because of the presence of US and British military equipment in Iraq, but also because of the sensitivity of what could have a negative impact on the sanctions imposed on Iran. Such cooperation is a flagrant violation of the sanctions that the Iraqi party has committed to.

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The start of the second of May the validity of the abolition of US exemptions from sanctions for eight countries of the major Iranian oil importers.

On April 22, the United States demanded that countries buying Iranian oil stop importing it by May 1, or face the prospect of sanctions.

The six-month deadline, granted by the United States to eight countries, mostly in Asia, ended in order to stop importing Iranian oil, whose revenues Tehran is using to finance destabilizing activities in the region.

The United States hopes US oil production, which reached its highest level in history, will provide oil markets with a need to keep prices low.


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The cancellation of US exemptions on Iranian oil importers

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The United States' decision not to renew the exemptions granted to countries buying Iranian crude oil came into force Thursday as part of tougher US sanctions on Tehran. 
"The United States has asked countries that buy Iranian oil to stop importing it by May 1 or face the prospect of economic sanctions," Sky News said in a news release. 
"The six-month deadline set by the United States for eight countries, mostly in Asia, to stop importing Iranian oil has ended yesterday," she said. 
According to sources close to the administration, National Security Adviser John Bolton and Energy Secretary Rick Perry played a major role in persuading US President Donald Trump to stop Iranian oil exports. Ending / 25 z

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/05/02/403893/

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OPEC Secretary General: It is impossible to exclude Iranian oil from the market

Economy | 02:08 - 02/05/2019

 
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OPEC Secretary-General Mohamed Barkindo said it was impossible to exclude Iranian oil from the global market, Iran's Oil Ministry news website Shana reported on Thursday. 
It is impossible to exclude Iranian oil from the market, "said Barkindo, who is visiting Tehran. 
The United States demanded that Iranian oil buyers stop crude purchases or face sanctions

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Expert: Washington plans to cancel exemptions from its sanctions against Iran's nuclear program

World | 03:38 - 02/05/2019

 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The US administration plans to lift exemptions granted to some countries from sanctions imposed on Iran's nuclear program, an expert from the International Crisis Group said on Thursday. 
"The White House national security adviser, John Bolton, is looking to increase pressure on Iran, weeks after the US administration decided not to extend the exemptions granted to some Iranian oil buyers in the world in an effort to reduce exports," the winner said in an interview with the Russian news agency RIA Novosti. Oil from the Islamic Republic to the point of zero. " 
He explained that "officials in the White House are now considering the possibility of stopping exemptions, which include international projects related to the installations of Arak, Fordo and Bushehr nuclear Iran," asserting that "
The US authorities announced last November that it allows temporarily some countries to continue to work under strict control of the projects mentioned, under the contracts signed earlier within the framework of the nuclear agreement concluded in 2015 between Tehran and the group 5 + 1. End / 29

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  • yota691 changed the title to The entry into force of the abolition of US exemptions granted to eight of the Iranian oil importers
 
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Economy News _ Baghdad

The start of the second of May the validity of the abolition of US exemptions from sanctions for eight countries of the major Iranian oil importers.

On April 22, the United States demanded that countries buying Iranian oil stop importing it by May 1, or face the prospect of sanctions.

The six-month deadline, granted by the United States to eight countries, mostly in Asia, ended in order to stop importing Iranian oil, whose revenues Tehran is using to finance destabilizing activities in the region.

The United States hopes US oil production, which reached its highest level in history, will provide oil markets with a need to keep prices low.


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Economy News _ Baghdad

The start of the second of May the validity of the abolition of US exemptions from sanctions for eight countries of the major Iranian oil importers.

On April 22, the United States demanded that countries buying Iranian oil stop importing it by May 1, or face the prospect of sanctions.

The six-month deadline, granted by the United States to eight countries, mostly in Asia, ended in order to stop importing Iranian oil, whose revenues Tehran is using to finance destabilizing activities in the region.

The United States hopes US oil production, which reached its highest level in history, will provide oil markets with a need to keep prices low.


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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi politicians and experts said on Monday it was difficult for Baghdad to be dragged behind what Tehran wanted to drag Baghdad into its battle with the United States, noting that it was harmful to sign agreements with Iran provided Iraq was not threatened with sanctions. That more indulgences with Iran would make him lose a lot of Americans, especially that Iraq practically needs the United States.

MP Abdullah al-Kharbit said in a statement quoted by Asharq Al-Awsat that "the vision on which Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi is based on such matters confirms that he will not be dragged into what might be contrary to the Iraqi interest. Therefore, A number of agreements with the Iranian side without putting our country under the threat of embargo or embargo imposed on Iran, "noting that" Abdul Mahdi is realistic and not emotional, knowing that Iraq currently needs Iranian gas and Iranian electricity and not for such needs alternative in the foreseeable future.

He added that "regardless of the nature of the confrontation between the United States and Iran, there is a fact that must be recognized by all parties in the region is that Iraq has begun to recover and become an axis not an affiliate, so Hassan Rowhani will not take us, but will discuss all relevant topics including The US embargo imposed on his country with the Iraqi side, and during the talks that will be held with the three presidents Barham Saleh, President of the Republic and Adel Abdul Mahdi, Prime Minister and Mohamed Halbusi, Speaker of Parliament.

"Everyone is now embarrassed, including the Americans and the Iranians, so Iraq can use this situation in its favor in any way," Kharbit said.

For his part, the President of the Center for Political Thought Ihsan al-Shammari, that "the visit represents a watershed in the nature of relations between Iraq and Iran, especially in light of the timing of this visit, which comes in the context of the escalation of international mobilization towards Iran, and this explains to us that Iran aims at the heavy weight on the level The Iraqi interior at all levels, including the recent shuttle visits by a number of Iranian officials, "noting that" Iraq is no longer the economic lung, but the political lung, and Iraq has become a meeting point with many of the opponents with Iran significantly. " He added that "Iran has begun to consider using this political lung towards normalization of relations with the United States, and may be re-scenario that Baghdad is the space for a round of negotiations between Washington and Tehran in connection with the nuclear file and its amendments."

Shammari said that "the nature of the concessions or what will be presented by Rouhani in the amendment of the Algiers agreement between Iraq and Iran in 1975 will be a very important aspect, as Iran could be part of the support that can be provided by Iran to the government of Abdul Mahdi," revealing "the possibility of A waiver of space from the Shatt al-Arab to Iraq on the grounds that what did not get enemies in the war can be received by friends now, which means that Iran wants to deliver a message to Washington that Iraq could be prepared to be within the Iranian territory, It is difficult because Iraq is well aware that more indulgences with Iran will make it lose a lot Arkiya ".

Al-Shammari said that "Iraq will not be part of the economic war on Iran, although Iraq is always seeking exceptions by the American side, which makes him always in a difficult position."

The Iraqi economist Abdul Rahman al-Shammari believes that "Iraq is not qualified to be part of the economic war between America and Iran, given the need for Iraq to the United States of America," noting that "despite what is said about the trade exchange between Iraq and Iran, it will not exceed 7 billion Of which about $ 2 billion and $ 900,000 are purchases of electricity and gas while the remaining $ 5 billion is the trade of a private sector of different goods and materials, while the situation with America is very different. "

Al-Shammari said that "America gives Iraq more than two billion dollars is a credit facilities for the Ministry of Defense in the form of training and processing and always placed in the financial budget of Iraq and US companies import about 16 percent of Iraqi oil, as well as that the Iraqi airspace is under US protection , As well as Iraqi funds abroad are under the protection of the United States, "noting that" the IMF and the World Bank is under US control and Iraq needs these two institutions, so Iraq is unable to be a party to the economic battle because the threat of Trump is clear that all of the Wen with Iran will apply to what it applies to the siege. "

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Iran's army chief expects an imminent attack against his country
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The Iranian army said it was "on alert" in preparation for any night attack by anti-Tehran forces, the army chief said.
The commander of the Iranian army, General Abdul Rahim Mousavi, said on Wednesday (May 1, 2019) during the 12th meeting of the commanders of the basic and independent units of the Army's ground force, calling on all armed forces in Iran to prepare for war and prepare for any night attack . 

"All our troops and units must be in the most ready-to-order situations, as if they were living the night of the attack, and always practice the game of war," he said. 

"Threats of the enemy today are serious, and of course these threats in the beginning will not be wild," Moussaoui said. "However, the ground forces must maintain their readiness, as they are the focus of all operations." 

Moussaoui called on all armed forces to prepare for war and to prepare for and continue the maneuvers to enhance defense capabilities.

The call came after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday urged his country's troops to show their military capabilities to the "enemy." 

Khamenei said: "The enemy does not reveal military preparations for the war, but the Iranian people should review its military capabilities." 

It stresses Iran 's military rhetoric at a time when it is under severe pressure by the United States , which has imposed strong sanctions on Iran , "including sanctions in the oil sector, accusing Tehran as the largest international force supporting" terrorism "and destabilizing the Middle East. 

And enjoy the American actions and broad support Allies in the region.
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  • Trump Advisors: It's time to cut the lifeline of Iran
 
Posted: Thu, 02 May 2019 06:53:46 | Views
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump's sudden decision to block all purchases of Iranian oil after May 1, which ended an eight-nation exemption, came after US economic hawkish advisers and security advisers eased the president's concerns about rising oil prices, according to three sources. The unprecedented move to cut Tehran's financial lifeline completely highlights the strong influence of hard-lineers within the Trump National Security Council, two sources who were among the biggest advocates of the resolution. For months, they called for tougher sanctions against the opposition of some State Department officials who would have preferred to allow some partners and allies to continue to buy Iranian oil. The move was settled days before it was announced on April 22. A senior administration official said: "Nobody really tried to push the order to stop exports completely" , Adding that a consensus between government departments needed "a lot of work". Trump has been keen to stop Iranian oil exports since sanctions were imposed on Tehran in November for the first time since 2015, a move aimed at punishing Iran for its nuclear ambitions and supporting militant groups in the Middle East. But initially supported a slow approach and the granting of exemptions to allies and trading partners such as China, India and Turkey. The United States now rules out about 2 million barrels of oil a day of global supplies because of sanctions on the oil sectors in Iran and Venezuela. But Washington hopes that high oil production, now at its highest level after 12 million bpd, will keep supplies on world markets and keep prices low. The sources said that by April 20, with the expiration of the exemptions granted on May 1, top economic and security advisers Trump convinced the time had come to stop Iranian oil exports altogether. Two sources said the NSC played an important role in steering the debate towards ending exemptions, particularly Richard Goldberg, a new member of the US administration who has long championed the policy of confronting Iran. One source said Goldberg had an "active" role. Bolton and Goldberg joined the National Security Council this year. He has served as an adviser to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies headed by Mark Dubowitz, who was a staunch supporter of sanctions against Iran under former President Barack Obama. In 2012, Goldberg was an aide to Republican Senator Mark Merk, who struck Iran with legislation that closed the last legal loophole that would allow Iran to sell its oil under Obama's sanctions. The legislation targeted the Swiss-based Swiss-based financial messaging system, through which Iran was making billions of dollars in oil trade. A senior administration official said Kevin Hast and Larry Kidlow, White House economic advisers, had also called for an end to the exemptions. Trump discussed the matter with Bolton, Treasury Secretary Stephen Menuchin, Energy Rick Perry, and Foreign Mike Pompeo. The sources said Bolton and Berry Ida ended exemptions, while some in the State Department again raised fears of a possible rise in oil prices, but eventually withdrew their objections and supported a tougher policy toward Iran. At the same time, the State Department held talks with at least five of the eight countries that granted exemptions - China, India, South Korea, Japan and Turkey. A surprise announcement The American decision surprised many US allies and Iranian oil buyers. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has lodged a formal complaint with the United States. Separately, Reuters met diplomats from at least two of Iran's top oil importers separately and said discussions on renewing the exemptions lasted a few days before announcing their suspension, indicating that the US State Department had only a short time to inform the partners of the decision . Oil prices rose to a six-month high after the announcement, but then fell. Trump was concerned that high oil prices would hurt the US economy and raise gasoline prices, and in another tweet before the waiver decision, he said global oil markets were "fragile." Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) were asked to increase production to compensate for supply shortages from Iran and Venezuela. "This is clearly what he was balancing in his mind," the administration official said. A senior management official said Trump had recently consulted with Saudi and UAE leaders on oil prices and received assurances that the two countries would ensure sufficient supply in the market. The Saudi Energy Minister responded that he saw no need to increase production immediately. According to OPEC figures, OPEC production fell by 1.6 million bpd between December and March. "The right time" The Trump administration, which imposed sanctions on Iran in 2012 in an attempt to thwart its nuclear ambitions, kept the exemptions throughout its campaign to pressure Tehran. Obama's sanctions ended with a nuclear deal reached by Tehran with six world powers in 2015 to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear bomb. Trump ridiculed this agreement and withdrew from it last year, amid objections from other signatories. State Department officials said the Trump administration had originally planned to halt Iranian oil exports, but timing was not appropriate anymore. "We are doing this in favorable market conditions with full commitment from the producer countries," said Frank Fanon, assistant secretary of state for energy resources.
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  • America is considering new sanctions on Iranian petrochemicals
 
Posted: Thu, 02 May 2019 16:57:51 | Views
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering imposing new sanctions on Iran's petrochemical and retail sales, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The newspaper said Thursday that the new US sanctions will include banks and Iranian companies aimed at stopping the trade and sales of petrochemicals to Singapore, in addition to sales of consumer goods to Afghanistan. Washington announced at the end of April that it would lift all sanctions-related sanctions on Iran and demand that states halt its oil imports from Tehran as of May or face punitive action.
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