Iran declares its readiness to return to all its obligations under the nuclear agreement

[ChuckFinley]

Just to funny.  

[3n1]

8 minutes ago, Synopsis said:

TRULY Insanian to "surround" AND "control" Insanian "smuggling" "operations" AND TELL THE WHOLE WORLD ABOUT IT!!!

 

 

what a bunch of buffoons 

[Synopsis]

Just now, 3n1 said:

what a bunch of buffoons 

 

      

 

 YEP!!! A Bunch Of Buffoons AND Insanians To Boot (OFF The Planet       ), 3n1, AND The Very Best Of The Rest Of Your Weekend AND Up Coming Week To You!!! 

 

Go Moola Nova!

[Butifldrm]

AUGUST 4, 2019 / 3:15 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Iraqi oil ministry says has no ties to oil tanker seized by Iran

 

 

1 MIN READ

 

CAIRO (Reuters) - Iraq’s oil ministry said on Sunday it has no connection with an oil tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf for smuggling fuel, Iraqi News Agency reported.

“The ministry does not export diesel to the international market,” the ministry said in a statement.

 

Iran had said earlier that the tanker sized by its elite forces in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling fuel was an Iraqi ship, the official IRNA news agency reported.

 

Iraq’s relevant authorities are working to gather information about the seized vessel, the oil ministry statement added.

Two Iraqi port officials said initial information obtained show that the seized “small ship” is owned by a private shipping company which is owned by an Iraqi private trader.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-iran-gulf/iraqi-oil-ministry-says-has-no-ties-to-oil-tanker-seized-by-iran-idUSKCN1UU0N6

[Pitcher]

Thanks for this story Butifldrm.  It’s the phantom ship. No one wants to claim it but that caro is worth millions

[yota691]

Iran holds an Iraqi ship named "Hita"

Archival oil tanker

 04 August 2019 10:40 PM

Direct: Iranian media sources confirmed that the ship seized by the Revolutionary Guards earlier on Sunday , Iraqi and bears the name of "Heta".

According to the Middle East News Agency, the channel "Russia Today" quoted on Sunday, citing sources as saying that the detention took place near the island of "Persian" Iran in the Gulf .

The Iranian news agency Mehr had quoted a statement issued by the Revolutionary Guard in which it announced the detention of a foreign ship carrying 700 thousand liters of smuggled fuel after it was confirmed that it was smuggling fuel .

Earlier, four civilian commercial cargo ships from several nationalities were attacked on 12 May near the UAE's territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman, towards the east coast near Fujairah and close to the territorial waters and the economic waters of the UAE.

Two days later , revealed the Minister of Energy and Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi, pumping stations pipeline East - West , which transports oil from the Saudi oil fields in the Eastern Province to the port of Yanbu on the west coast exposed to attack from "Dron" unmanned aircraft bomb

[yota691]

Iraqi oil denies its relationship with the tanker detained by the Iranian authorities

Iraqi Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban

 04 August 2019 11:11 PM

BAGHDAD - The Ministry of Oil denied on Sunday its relationship with the tanker detained by the Iranian authorities.

"The ministry is not exporting gas oil to the world markets, but it restricts the export of crude oil and declared petroleum products according to the internationally recognized contexts, mechanisms and controls," ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said in a statement.

Jihad added that "the concerned authorities are collecting information about the tanker detained," stressing that "this tanker is a small tanker does not deal with the Ministry of Oil in the process of marketing oil and petroleum products."

News agencies quoted Iranian media sources as saying that the ship, which was held by the Revolutionary Guards earlier on Sunday, was Iraqi and carried the name "Hita " .

According to the Middle East News Agency, the channel "Russia Today" quoted on Sunday, citing sources as saying that the detention took place near the island of "Persian" Iran in the Gulf .

[yota691]

Oil denies its relationship with the tanker detained in Iran

Monday 05 August 71

 

Baghdad / Al-Sabah

 

 

The Ministry of Oil denied on Sunday its relationship with the oil tanker detained by the Iranian authorities, indicating that this tanker is one of the small tankers that do not deal with the ministry.

"The ministry does not export gas oil to international markets, but rather shortens the export of crude oil and declared oil products, according to the internationally recognized contexts, mechanisms and controls," ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said in a statement.

 Jihad denied "the ministry's relationship with the tanker detained by the Iranian authorities," adding that "the concerned authorities are collecting information about the detained tanker."

 "This tanker is a small tanker that is not handled by the Ministry of Oil in the process of marketing oil and petroleum products."

 Earlier on Sunday, the media reported that Iranian authorities had announced the seizure of a ship in the Gulf that would carry 700,000 liters of fuel and seven sailors.

[yota691]

Iran says one of its jets crashed near Persian Gulf

By Erin Cunningham

Updated August 5, 2019 — 11.01amfirst published at 8.45am

 

Istanbul: Iran says one of its fighter jets has gone down in the south of the country near the Persian Gulf, with two pilots surviving the crash.

The state-run IRNA news agency quoted a local official as saying the crash was caused by a technical problem. Abdolhossein Rafipour, the governor of Tangestan, says the plane went down near the coastal town at 12.30pm local time (1am AEST).

The purpose of Sunday's flight was not immediately clear. Regular patrol flights are common in the region.

Technicians work on Kowsar domestically-built fighter jet production line at an undisclosed location, Iran.CREDIT:AP

Iran's air force has an assortment of US-made military aircraft purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It also has Russian-made MiG and Sukhoi planes. Decades of Western sanctions have made it hard to maintain the ageing fleet.

 

The revelation comes after Iran said it had seized another foreign vessel suspected of smuggling fuel in the Persian Gulf, state media reported, adding to growing tensions over a spate of incidents involving oil tankers in the region.

The naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps detained the ship and seven crew members in a "surprise operation" authorised by Iran's judiciary, the organisation said in a statement. The seizure comes amid Iranian efforts to "detect and fight against organised smuggling," the statement continued.

This image shows a ship in the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces seized the ship, which it suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, state media reported.CREDIT:AP

The tanker had 700,000 litres of illegal diesel on board, Iran media said, and the fuel had been confiscated.

The Iraqi Oil Ministry later denied Iran reports that the tanker seized, the Hita, comes from Iraq.

 

It was the third ship seized by the Revolutionary Guard in recent weeks amid a simmering standoff between Iran and the West in the Persian Gulf.

The energy-rich region has become a flashpoint for the wider conflict between Iran and the United States over the Trump's administration's campaign to isolate Tehran. The United States, which has withdrawn from a 2015 nuclear deal Iran struck with world powers, has imposed harsh sanctions on the Iranian economy and says it wants to reduce Iran's oil exports to "zero".

A speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19 by the Guard.CREDIT:AP

A Revolutionary Guard commander, General Ramazan Zirahi, told reporters on Sunday that the vessel was seized near Farsi Island, where his forces maintain a naval base, in Iranian territorial waters in the gulf, state television reported.

He said the raid on the ship was carried out on Wednesday night following an intelligence gathering operation that established the vessel's involvement in smuggling fuel to Arab nations in the gulf.

 

Those states are also major energy exporters. But Iran's cheaper fuel, subsidised by the government, could be sold to foreign buyers for a higher price on the black market, analysts said. Smuggling operations have increased as a result of US sanctions.

Industry analysts say tankers carrying Iranian crude have masked their locations to defy US restrictions, and forged documents to conceal the origin of Iranian cargo.

Last month, authorities in Gibraltar seized an Iranian tanker carrying 2.1 million barrels of light crude oil, cargo they suspected was on its way to the Syrian refinery at Baniyas. Officials in the British territory said the vessel was seized to enforce compliance with European Union sanctions, which prohibit the sale of oil to Syria.

Iran says it is not subject to EU sanctions and has called the ship's detention an "act of piracy".

Revolutionary Guard commandos last month captured the British-flagged Stena Impero near the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and is a key waterway for global oil shipments.

 

Iran said the tanker had violated international maritime law. But the seizure followed an earlier attempt by Iran to block the British Heritage tanker from traversing the strait, the British government said. A Royal navy frigate, HMS Montrose, repelled the Iranian vessels that approached the tanker.

The United States has urged its allies to contribute to a maritime security initiative in the Persian Gulf to secure global oil shipments, many of which link Arab energy producers with energy markets in Asia.

Also last month, Iran detained the Panama-flagged Riah, which it said was involved in fuel smuggling operations.

The incidents follow a string of attacks on petrochemical tankers in and around the Strait of Hormuz since May, acts of sabotage that the United States blamed on Iran. Iranian officials have denied involvement.

AP, The Washington Post

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UAE gives green light to exchange companies to transfer Iranian funds

Revision date: 2019/8/4 20:14 • 395 times read

The head of the Iranian Merchants Association in the UAE, Abdul Qader Faqihi, said that the emirate of Dubai plans to open bank accounts for all Iranian merchants and facilitate the granting of commercial visas.

"We had negotiations with Dubai officials and they agreed to give Iranian traders who have capital and want to open commercial accounts in UAE banks the necessary facilities, and they will also facilitate the granting of commercial visas to them," Fakhihi was quoted as saying on Sunday. 
"According to the directives of officials in Dubai, Iranian merchants will be granted commercial visas for people whose visas were previously canceled in the UAE. We also took the green light from the UAE Central Bank to open accounts for Iranian exchange companies in the next few days, the past". 
"We are now witnessing a new opening of trade and economic relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the UAE after a period of retreat," Fakihi said.

[yota691]

 

Iranian disruptive maneuvers in the Persian Gulf

The Revolutionary Guards again seized an oil tanker. Meanwhile, the US President Donald Trump, the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif invited to the White House.

Inga Rogg / Agencies 4.8.2019, 23:19

 

The Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. (Image: imago)

For the third time in a month, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf have seized a foreign oil tanker. The powerful force seized last Wednesday, a ship that allegedly wanted to smuggle 700 000 liters of Iranian gasoline. The seven-member team has been arrested, reported Iranian media on Sunday. According to the state news agency IRNA, the oil tanker confiscated in Iran comes from Iraq. According to this, it was the Iraqi tanker Hita, which had 700,000 liters of illegal diesel on board.

The oil tanker was set near the Farsi island and towed from there to the port of Busher. The barren, small island is located north of the Strait of Hormuz in the middle of the Persian Gulf. It houses a naval base of the Revolutionary Guards. At the end of the eighties, they made attacks on the Gulf from the island. The smuggled gas had been loaded onto the tanker by other ships and destined for the Gulf states, said a commandant of the Revolutionary Guards.

 

Iraq denies connection to seized oil tanker

Iraq has denied any connection with the recent oil tanker seized in Iran. With ships of this small size, the country has nothing to do, said the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on Sunday.

The oil ministry limited its trade to the export of crude oil and other petroleum products, it was said from Baghdad. This trade is conducted in accordance with the internationally recognized framework and is subject to the usual controls, said a spokesman for the ministry.

 

Smuggling is worth it

Iranian gasoline is cheap because it is subsidized. That's why it's being smuggled in a big way, not just by land, but by sea as well. Perhaps the "Riah", which suddenly disappeared without a trace in mid-July and later confiscated Tehran , was also involved in such a smuggling operation. The smuggling takes place, of course, under the eyes of the Revolutionary Guards, which according to experts of the shadow economy also earns a lot of money.

That they suddenly show such zeal to ostracize alleged smugglers could have two reasons: First, they want to demonstrate to the Iranian public that they enforce law and order. This is doubted after the capture of the British "Stena Impero" and other provocations by Iranians. Second, they want to show the Americans and Europeans what they are capable of, should the Gulf conflict worsen.

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Tensions have been steadily increasing since US President Donald Trump quit the nuclear deal last May. In response to American sanctions, Iran began reducing its obligations under the agreement in June. In a first step, Tehran began to store more lightly enriched uranium than allowed.

In a second step, it increased the enrichment beyond the intended level. At the weekend Foreign Minister Javad Zarif threatened that Tehran would put retired centrifuges back in operation to increase enrichment to 20 percent. That would be about five times what the nuclear agreement allows, and it would be an important step in the production of weapon-grade fissile material.

 

Zarif gives Trump a basket

Meanwhile, Zarif's environment confirmed that Trump had invited the Foreign Minister to the White House in July. The "New Yorker" had reported on Friday that the Republican Senator Rand Paul had acted as mediator. However, Zarif rejected the meeting because he had received no backing from Revolutionary Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This has fueled speculation that Trump has sanctioned Zarif for the basket . However, according to Zarif, it was the other way round. According to Zarif, the decision was already made at the time of his meeting with Paul, who had rather hoped that Trump would be changed by a personal meeting with Iran's chief diplomats.

[yota691]

Iran seizes Iraqi oil tanker in the Gulf

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Iran seizes Iraqi oil tanker in the Gulf
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized an Iraqi tanker accused of smuggling fuel, state media reported on Sunday - a show of power amid heightened tensions with the West.

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test4error
2 hours ago
Trump's World War is coming!!!!

pinch mesh
7 minutes ago
This isn't an oil tanker. The hatches cover the fuel tanks.  Such vessels are contracted for use in the oil fields, and contracts come with free fuel. These vessels stay in the offshore oil fields for a month at the time, and are usually used to carry drill stem and such. Iran probably has a contract with the oil company employing the boat to supply diesel. Off shore rigs use diesel for everything from running the drilling platform to supplying electricity to the rig. Diesel for the rig would have been in large deck tanks that a crane would lift onto the platform. Iran is supporting the terrorists in Iraq anyway, so what is the beef here? If Iran wants war, they need to attack a US Navy ship in the strait.  All they want is another extortion payment, which is NOT Trump's style.
 

 

[yota691]

Goodness...News Bot what next....

 

[yota691]

 

[yota691]

The UAE offers great facilities to Iranian traders

Economy | 08:37 - 04/08/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD 
(Reuters) - The Iranian Merchants Association in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) confirmed Sunday that Abu Dhabi has decided to deal with Iranian investors, grant them business visas and open bank accounts following Iranian talks with Dubai rulers. 
"The ruler of Dubai (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum) has promised to extend the canceled travel visas and reopen the closed bank accounts," said the head of the association Abdulkader Fakihi. 
He added that "these measures will be taken" provided that traders enjoy a good reputation and desire to do business in the UAE " 
Fakihi said that" will be reopened Iranian banking centers in the UAE within days, under the guidance of the Central Bank of the UAE " 
He explained that" The ruler of Dubai promised to provide facilities to Iranian investors despite US sanctions, but stipulated the approval of the trade of goods not covered by sanctions.
"We have seen openness in the UAE to resume trade with Iran," he said. "The volume of trade between the UAE and Iran has declined over the past years from $ 70 billion to $ 40 billion, and many Iranian businessmen have moved their trade from the UAE to Turkey.

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Report: China's purchase of Iranian crude may drop oil prices $ 30

05 Aug 2019 01:24 PM
Direct : Expect "Pennek.oov.omrica" that oil prices are falling by $ 30 a barrel, if China decided to buy crude from Iran.

The US bank said in a report at the end of last week that while keeping its forecast for the price of Brent crude next year at the level of $ 60 a barrel, but if China decided to buy oil from Iran, this could cause the price of Raw.

"According to this scenario, the price of crude could fall by between 20 and 30 dollars a barrel.

After the US decision to apply 10 percent tariffs on Chinese products worth $ 300 billion , Beijing has threatened retaliatory measures.

Oil prices have fallen by 8 percent following the US decision , marking the biggest daily decline in four years.

Analysts warned that oil volatility will rise again as markets wait for China's response to recent US tariff threats, which may include the purchase of Iranian crude.

"That decision could undermine US foreign policy and mitigate the negative impact of trade effects on the Chinese economy, which is represented by US tariffs," the report said.

The US bank expects the latest tariffs could cut global demand for oil by 250,000 to 500,000 bpd.

By 10:07 am GMT, Brent crude for October delivery fell 0.8 percent to $ 61.42 a barrel.

 

[danielchu]

11 hours ago, yota691 said:

 

Maybe Iraq will see Iran is no friend and END those auctions making us rich!!

[yota691]

Surprise .. New information about the "Iraqi ship" detained by Iran

 

 

 2019/08/05 07:23:11

 

A leading Iraqi politician, Mithal al-Alusi, revealed on Monday the "reason" that Iraq was not linked to the oil stretcher held by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. 
"The tanker seized by Iran was actually an Iraqi, but the government has denied its ownership because it fears confronting Tehran, and there is no figure in the three presidencies capable of that thing," he said. 
He explained that "parties supported by Iran and have militias control the Iraqi authorities, and therefore the tanker went with oil as a gift to Iran at no cost, Baghdad did not speak anything and only a negative." 
The Iraqi Oil Ministry has denied any links to a vessel seized by Iranian authorities on Tuesday and Tehran said it was Iraqi.
The ministry spokesman Assem Jihad said in an interview with Shafaq News, that the ministry does not export gas oil to world markets, but the export is limited to crude oil and oil products declared, according to the contexts, mechanisms and controls globally. 
Jihad added that the concerned authorities are collecting information about the detained tanker, stressing that this tanker is one of the small tankers that the Ministry of Oil does not deal in the process of marketing oil and petroleum products. 
The official news agency IRNA confirmed that the ship detained by the Revolutionary Guards was named "Hita". 
The agency said the detention took place 18 nautical miles from the Iranian island of Farsi in the Gulf.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced the arrest of a foreign ship, which he said was smuggling Iranian fuel to Arab Gulf countries, and stressed that he would not retreat a iota from continuing to monitor the Gulf waters and address any operations that disturb security in it.

[DoD]

12 hours ago, yota691 said:

The UAE offers great facilities to Iranian traders

 Another example of one of our great allies in the middle east...Curious to see if Trump will sanction any of the emirates an close the base in Doha. I'm thinking their more scared of Iran than Trump.  

[3n1]

2 hours ago, yota691 said:

He explained that "parties supported by Iran and have militias control the Iraqi authorities, and therefore the tanker went with oil as a gift to Iran at no cost, Baghdad did not speak anything and only a negative." 

 

more track for the coaster , dont get on board or u may fly off the rails .... we wait

[Pitcher]

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/43292/Iran-atomic-agency-informs-EU-it-will-reduce-commitment-to-nuclear-deal
 

Iran atomic agency informs EU it will reduce commitment to nuclear deal

Iran's atomic agency on Monday told European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal it would further reduce its compliance in about a month's time if they failed to uphold their commitments.

Iran has already reduced its commitments to the deal by having more than 130 tons of heavy water and more than 300 kilograms of enriched uranium, the Atomic Energy Organization's Behrouz Kamalvandi, said, according to the IRIB news agency.

[Pitcher]

Maybe we should ask for our money back that Obama threw at Europe and Iran to sign a deal Iran never would comply with, dumbest deal ever.  And costly

[Pitcher]

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/43285/Trump-s-right-Individual-sanctions-actually-do-work
 

Trump's right: Individual sanctions actually do work

Geneive Abdo

Since US President Donald Trump issued executive orders saying he was sanctioning individuals such as Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Shi’a militia commanders in Iraq, some of them beholden to Tehran, many analysts have dismissed the moves as merely “symbolic.”
Is sanctioning individuals who are unlikely to travel outside areas where they are protected in the Middle East a political jab that only agitates America’s adversaries? Or do sanctions have practical applications and pose an effective foreign policy instrument?
The answer is the latter.
While not apparent on the surface, sanctions on individuals matter.
Even if the United States cannot immediately change an individual’s political behavior, blocking his access to the international banking system produces damaging results.
In Iran and Iraq, the sanctions prompted angry reactions. Some 80 members of Iraq’s parliament signed a petition to pass a resolution to condemn the U.S. sanctions, and they blamed Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi for a lackluster response to the United States. The United States most likely informed Mahdi, who is in the unfortunate position of straddling the interests of Iran and the United States as the two rivals battle it out in Iraq. Iran declared that the sanctions against Khamenei could lead to a “permanent closure” of diplomacy with the United States at a time when talks are needed to avert a direct military conflict.
So why would the United States, particularly U.S. Treasury officials who study and assess the effects of sanctions, advise Trump to rattle Washington’s primary foe, Iran, and a regional ally, Iraq?
In the case of Shi’a militia commanders in Iraq, where the United States at times works in coordination with the Baghdad government, the move was clearly to address a broader problem: The Iraqi government is struggling to control the militias because some of the commanders are involved in graft and beholden to Iran. Trump’s executive order to sanction four commanders for corruption and human rights violations under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights and Accountability Act was the first time the legislation was applied against Iraqis since the U.S. invasion of that country in 2003.
As a response to the U.S. sanctions on the four commanders, Iraq’s Central Bank issued an advisory to Iraqi banks and non-banking institutions on July 25, warning that they will be penalized if business continues with the individuals the U.S. Treasury called out. As a result of this measure and Trump’s executive order, those commanders will find it difficult to do business not only outside but inside their own country.
“It will frustrate their ability to operate in the Iraqi banking system and … it could be the first step in a broader campaign,” Danny Glaser, former U.S. Treasury assistant secretary, told me, referring to cutting off resources for Iraq’s well-funded militias, some of which receive money from Iran.
In the case of Khamenei, Trump’s executive order freezes all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction that is held by the Supreme Leader or those in his office. Khamenei presides over an estimated $95 billion in assets, including property holdings, according to a Reuters investigation. The United States sanctioned this slush fund in 2013 but did not sanction Khamenei personally until late June. It is inconceivable that all these funds in Iranian banks are completely disconnected from the international banking system, which will limit Khamenei’s avenues for investment. Former President Barack Obama issued an executive order against individual members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who also have vast holdings, for similar reasons.
Another benefit for the United States in sanctioning individuals is that it creates a stigma. Khamenei cares deeply about his standing on the world stage, and sanctioning him personally is bound to damage his public image, yet some experts from the Obama administration dismissed the decision as a sideshow.
The U.S. also sanctioned Iran’s foreign minister, Mohamad Javad Zarif, on Aug. 1. One damaging effect will be that his access to American journalists will be curtailed. Zarif’s great value to Iran was that he speaks eloquent English and regularly articulated the regime’s views on American television networks. When U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he planned to designate Zarif for sanctions, Zarif was immediately put on the defensive — during an interview with CNN host Fareed Zakaria, Zarif said he does not care because he has had his fill of sightseeing in the United States and does not wish to travel beyond certain UN buildings when he is on official business in New York. Now that he has been sanctioned, his mobility will be limited to a few blocks in New York.
Trump’s eagerness to sanction individuals may exceed that of other presidents, but it certainly is not unprecedented — and the results are sometimes not known immediately. In 2011, President Obama signed an executive order to freeze former Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi’s assets, along with those of his family and top Libyan officials. “With Ghaddafi we did not think we would be seizing millions of dollars,” Richard Nephew, a former State Department official who specializes in sanctions, told me. “Sometimes you don’t know until you try, and the point is that the banks have to be responsive,” said Nephew, now a senior research scholar at the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.
So, even if executive orders to sanction individuals are fishing expeditions, they still can work.
It is likely that Trump will go down in history as the president who sanctioned the most individuals. His obsession with personality-centric politics aside, suchsanctions are a bit easier for the Trump administration because this president is less of a multilateralist than his predecessors; he does not rule by consensus with U.S. allies. Nonetheless, it is easier to impose sanctions on individuals than on entities or countries. It is likely that others will be sanctioned before Trump leaves office and the results will be far more than symbolic.

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Nujaba: The Iraqi government will fall within weeks if it takes any step against Iran

Political | 08:23 - 05/08/2019

 

 

 

Torgomh- balances News 
spokesman confirmed nujaba movement Nasr al - Shammari, Monday, that the government of Adel Abdul - Mahdi will fall within weeks if it has taken any step against Iran, while noting that his movement rejects the intervention of the US embassy in Iraq. 
"The ties are close between Iraq and Iran, and the Americans know that if any Iraqi government takes a step against Iran, they will be dropped within a few weeks," Najjar told ABNA in a report translated by Mawazine News. 
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has achieved these victories over the arrogant force," he said. 
 "The United States lists some Sunni figures on its sanctions list because of its support for the resistance factions," he said.
Al-Shammari denounced the interference of the US embassy in Iraqi internal affairs, saying: "The US consulate intervened and directed the protests in Basra towards the headquarters of the Iranian consulate." 
"The US Embassy organized some media activists in Iraq. In response, the el-Nujaba also trained a group of media activists to thwart the soft war and negative propaganda of the enemy, even though our equipment and means are not the same as those of the enemy." . 
according to the agency, the Shammari leader met with a representative of the Supreme leader of the Supreme Council for National security on the third day of his visit to Aaran.anthy 29 / h

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Iran's Rouhani promises 'MOTHER OF ALL WARS' with the West

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Published on Aug 6, 2019