Trump plans to issue an executive order on sanctions against arms suppliers to Iran

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18-09-2020 12:28 AM

Trump plans to issue an executive order on sanctions against arms suppliers to Iran

 

 

Baghdad - news

Informed sources told Reuters that US President Donald Trump is planning to issue an executive order stipulating sanctions on any parties exporting weapons to Iran.

The sources said, "It is expected that the order will be issued in the coming days, and that the sanctions will prevent those who will be exposed to them from accessing the American market."

It is noteworthy that the United States has repeatedly announced its efforts to extend the arms embargo on Iran, which expires in October, under the agreement on the Tehran nuclear program, from which the United States withdrew in 2018.

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4 more years God willing

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The new improved Central Bank of Iraq ,with it's new director , is charged with making sure that no funds coming through the CBI will not go to terrorists . Also there will be bigtime scrutiny into the currency auctions ,and who's guilty of skimming them . As an internationally recognized currency , the auctions are not needed .

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US escalation against Iran: Washington is implementing unilateral sanctions

Tehran

The New Arab

20 September 2020

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During an anti-American demonstration in Tehran in May 2019 (AFP)

The United States will impose, starting today, Sunday, the UN sanctions on Iran unilaterally, in an attempt by the administration of US President Donald Trump to achieve his goal of burying the nuclear agreement, in parallel with his competition of time and providing more inducements to the American voter, a few weeks away from the date of the presidential elections. On the third of next November. However, Washington is almost alone against everyone in this approach, as Russia and China, in addition to the European allies of the United States, object to it. Britain, France and Germany, with their recent announcement that Iran's exemption from UN sanctions will continue after September 20. But the US insistence on escalation against Iran is expected to open a new chapter in the confrontation between the Europeans and the Trump administration, which had previously violently attacked the three European countries after refusing to support the American attempt to extend the arms embargo on Tehran.Mid-August in the Security Council. Nor will European-Iranian relations be immune to tension, especially since Tehran considers that the European partners have not done anything practical in the face of the successive US steps. These developments come while the US-Iranian rhetoric continues from a distance, while an American aircraft carrier entered the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz since Friday.
And today, Sunday, the one-month deadline expired after the US administration, on the twentieth of last month, notified the UN Security Council to activate the "conflict resolution" mechanismUnder which the UN sanctions are reimposed on Iran, and stipulated in the nuclear agreement to resolve disputes over its implementation, under the pretext of Iran's "violations", despite the fact that Washington itself withdrew from the agreement more than two years ago. Therefore, Washington re-imposed all UN sanctions on Iran, which were raised after the signing of the nuclear agreement in 2015, according to the text of UN Resolution 2231 issued by the Security Council a week after the agreement. For its part, the Iranian government played down the importance of the US move recently, asserting, in the words of its Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, that on the 20th of September (that is, today) "nothing new will happen in it", despite its continuing threat to withdraw from the nuclear agreement.

Britain, France and Germany: Iran's sanctions exemption continues

It appears that Iran has based this conviction on a broad rejection that the US administration faced in the Security Council regarding its request to activate the "conflict resolution" mechanism, as 13 out of 15 members rejected the step, including all the remaining partners in the nuclear agreement, namely China, Russia, Britain and France. And Germany, stressing that America has no right to use the mechanism because of its withdrawal from the agreement and the demise of its membership after that.
On Friday evening, Britain, France and Germany told the UN Security Council that Iran's exemption from UN sanctions under the nuclear deal would continue after September 20. In a message to the council, the British, French and German envoys to the United Nations said that any decision or measure to re-impose sanctions "will have no legal effect."
However, Washington, for its part, rejected these positions, basing its step to activate the mechanism of "conflict resolution" on its own legal interpretation, first by separating the nuclear agreement from Resolution 2231, saying that the resolution was issued by the Security Council and it is a member of it, and it is entitled to use the mechanisms mentioned in His decisions. Secondly, Washington says that the resolution states that "any country participating" in the "Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action" (the nuclear agreement) can use the "conflict resolution" mechanism.
Amid this controversy, the month-limit expired, without this legal dispute being resolved, through mechanisms within the Security Council or outside it in the International Court of Justice. The stances of these partners did not go beyond their rejectionist rhetoric, into legal practical steps that counter the American approach.
The US authorities say that this activation revives the six UN resolutions issued against Iran in the Security Council that were canceled by Resolution 2231. And reviving these resolutions means re-imposing all UN sanctions on Iran. The UN sanctions mainly target Iran's nuclear, missile and military programs, as under which the arms embargo was imposed on Iran, which will end on October 18th, whether in terms of importing or exporting weapons, and banning uranium enrichment at any level. It also imposed sanctions on persons and entities associated with the nuclear and missile programs, as well as preventing the sale of technologies and goods that could have uses in them. These sanctions also allow the inspection of air and sea cargo to and from Iran, to ensure that they do not contain prohibited materials and equipment. The danger is that these sanctions were imposed on Iran under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, which authorizes the use of military force in certain cases, to confront threats against international peace.

 

As for the application of these sanctions, in light of the differences between Washington and members of the Security Council, with the exception of the Dominican Republic, regarding whether or not to activate the "conflict resolution" mechanism, the US administration has resorted to the paper threatening to impose harsh sanctions on any country that refuses to abide by these UN sanctions, starting from From 20 September. Since last Thursday, Reuters news agency quoted informed sources that he plans to issue an executive order stipulating sanctions on any parties that export weapons to Iran.
In the midst of these developments, the most prominent question today revolves around Tehran's options in confronting the new international situation that Washington is establishing, in order to internationalize its confrontation with it. And there are options for Tehran, according to observers, that it can shelter in the event that it believes that the UN sanctions have actually returned, and that the partners of the nuclear deal are committed to them. These four options can all be applied simultaneously, or gradually and progressively, which are the announcement of withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, the termination of the additional protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to which tight control was imposed on its nuclear program, and the status of its nuclear program to before Signing the agreement, leading to exit from the nuclear agreement. But it is unlikely that Tehran would resort to any of these options, before the results of the US elections are announced, in order that it might topple Trump and bring his rival, Joe Biden, who may follow a different path from the current president.

Iran: What Trump is doing is propaganda to win American public opinion

In this atmosphere, the advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader for International Affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, who is a member of the internal Iranian committee to oversee the implementation of the nuclear deal, said yesterday, Saturday, that "what Trump is doing is nothing but propaganda and noise and an attempt to win the friendship of the American public opinion." Velayati added to Tasnim news agency regarding Iran's reaction to the United States ’move to activate the“ conflict resolution ”mechanism.“ The position of the Islamic Republic is very clear. First, it cannot adhere to the nuclear agreement unilaterally without being implemented by the rest of the parties. Secondly, the Americans withdrew from The agreement and their claims about activating the mechanism are null. "
On the other hand, Velayati attacked all the partners of the nuclear deal, saying that "none of them did not implement their commitments towards the agreement and only made promises and participated directly and indirectly in the US sanctions." Amid these tensions, the US Navy announced that its aircraft carrier and naval battleships had passed through the Strait of Hormuz to enter the Gulf on Friday. The US Fifth Fleet said in a statement that an attack group led by the aircraft carrier "Nimitz", which includes two cruisers equipped with guided and destructive missiles equipped with guided missiles, sailed in the Gulf to work and train with American partners and support the coalition fighting ISIS.

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After America reimposed the sanctions, the Iranian riyal fell to a new record high

 

 2020-09-20 08:09

 

Shafaq News / The Iranian rial fell to a record low against the US dollar in the unofficial market on Sunday, a day after the administration of US President Donald Trump announced the re-imposition of all international sanctions on Tehran .

The dollar offered up to 273,000 riyals, up from 267,800 riyals on Saturday, according to the foreign exchange website Bonbast.com, which tracks the informal market .

Iran rejected the US move, describing it as void and illegal, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Saturday that it could not take any action on the US declaration because “there appears to be a state of uncertainty” on the issue .

The three European parties to the nuclear deal - France, Britain and Germany - said in a statement on Sunday that any decision or action taken to re-impose UN sanctions "would have no legal effect" because Washington used a mechanism agreed upon under the 2015 nuclear deal. Between Iran and world powers From which the United States withdrew in 2018 .

However, Trump intends to issue an executive order allowing him to impose US sanctions on anyone who violates sanctions against Iran .

The Iranian Foreign Ministry described Washington's efforts as "futile," adding that "the American approach constitutes a major threat to international peace and security and an unprecedented threat to the United Nations and the Security Council."

"Iran affirms that if the United States, directly or in cooperation with a number of its allies, takes any action in line with these threats, it will face a serious response and must take into account all its dangerous consequences, " the ministry said in a statement .

Washington has unilaterally re-imposed sanctions on Iran since 2018, which combined with low oil prices have crippled the economy in Iran, which also has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the Middle East with 24,301 deaths. The Iranian rial has lost about 49% of its value in 2020.

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European Union: Washington cannot impose sanctions on Iran

Editing date: 20/9/2020 12:42 • 56 times read

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announced the European Union, on Sunday, that the United States can not impose international sanctions on Iran, calling to keep the agreement signed with Tehran in 2015 over its nuclear program.
The European Union’s foreign policy official, Josep Borrell, stressed in a statement carried by Sputnik that “Washington cannot re-impose international sanctions against Iran,” citing the reason for “ending the US participation in the nuclear agreement.”
Borrell called on "everyone to mobilize their efforts to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and to refrain from actions that would increase tensions."
And US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that UN sanctions against Iran have come into effect again, despite the recent rejection of the UN Security Council on this matter, threatening countries that will not implement the sanctions with "consequences."
Pompeo said that his country expects all member states of the United Nations to fully comply with their obligations to implement these measures, in addition to the arms embargo, including restrictions such as preventing Iran from participating in enrichment and reprocessing (uranium), banning Iran's experiments and developing ballistic missiles, and imposing sanctions on Transfer of nuclear and missile technology

 

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Rouhani: Any practical step to implement the sanctions will face a tough response from Iran

Editing date: 9/20/2020 17:28 • 7 times read

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the United States that any practical step to implement sanctions would face a tough response from Iran.

Rouhani said in press statements today, Sunday: "The United States suffered a new defeat in the UN Security Council ... America officially withdrew from the nuclear agreement and considered it a bad agreement and could not have used the agreement to restore sanctions ... America is approaching a certain defeat in its move to re-impose sanctions."
Rouhani pointed out that there is only one way to deal with Iran, which is to respect its rights and "deal with it in a language of respect ... No result will be reached who wants to deal with Iran with arrogance and bullying ... Iran will not be subject to American bullying and arrogance."
The Iranian president emphasized that if the United States decided to practice "thuggery" against Iran and take any action in the context of returning previous international decisions, it would face a response: "Any practical step to implement sanctions will face a strict response from Iran." A firm and inevitable Iranian response, we will respond overwhelmingly to any An American bullying is coming against Iran .. Iran has not previously submitted to American bullying and will not submit as well at this stage. ”
Rouhani pointed out that no country in the Security Council agreed to re-impose international sanctions and America’s insistence on its step is merely" arrogance "
and Rouhani expressed thanks His country went to the former and current UN Security Council president for describing him as "their steadfastness in the face of illegal US moves." He also thanked Russia, China and European countries for standing up to the "irrational American demands," adding, "We thank all thirteen countries for standing by Iran."
The Iranian President also announced his country's readiness to return to the implementation of all its obligations in the nuclear agreement in the event that the opposite party fulfills its obligations

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America sends armored vehicles to Syria as an aircraft carrier enters the Gulf

Editing date: 9/19/2020 10:35 • 86 read times

International - Aine News

revealed a report by the Hebrew Jerusalem Post newspaper, Saturday, that the United States has sent armored combat vehicles from the Bradley model from the 2nd Combat Brigade of the 1st Armored Division in Kuwait to eastern Syria.

The report, translated by Ayna News Agency, stated that “In a show of force, the US-led international coalition sent Bradley armored vehicles from the First Armored Division in Kuwait to eastern Syria under the pretext of ensuring the safety and security of the coalition forces after they had been withdrawn in December. The second of this year ”.

He added, “According to the US Central Command, it has directed a number of measures to send such heavy vehicles to ensure the safety of the American forces, as there are only a few hundred American soldiers in Syria, according to official statistics, but the American patrols have been harassed by the Russian patrols near Qamishli and other areas. Other ”according to the claim.

He added, “The deployment of these vehicles is to support the so-called Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, which control the oil-rich eastern regions of Syria, and the United States has also deployed Centennial radars where radar can be used, among other things, to detect threats from unmanned aircraft. You have also stepped up patrols. Its combat aircraft in the region ”.

He continued, "US President Donald Trump had promised to withdraw US forces from eastern Syria three times, but it appears that a giant American oil company is involved in an oil deal with the Kurds there."

He continued, "The US Navy and its Fifth Fleet also transported the aircraft carrier Nimitz to the Gulf region, while the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said that the guided missile cruisers Princeton and the Street destroyer with guided missiles had crossed the Strait of Hormuz."

The overall news indicates that the United States sends a message of strength during these difficult times that it is going through to Iran and Russia, especially after a number of Gulf states signed a normalization agreement with the Israeli entity.

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Now your gonna get it Rouhani!     

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Rouhani: Any practical step to implement the sanctions will face a tough response from Iran

Editing date: 9/20/2020 17:28 • 7 times read

 

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the United States that any practical step to implement sanctions would face a tough response from Iran.

Rouhani said in press statements today, Sunday: "The United States suffered a new defeat in the UN Security Council ... America officially withdrew from the nuclear agreement and considered it a bad agreement and could not have used the agreement to restore sanctions ... America is approaching a certain defeat in its move to re-impose sanctions."
Rouhani pointed out that there is only one way to deal with Iran, which is to respect its rights and "deal with it in a language of respect ... No result will be reached who wants to deal with Iran with arrogance and bullying ... Iran will not be subject to American bullying and arrogance."
The Iranian president emphasized that if the United States decided to practice "thuggery" against Iran and take any action in the context of returning previous international decisions, it would face a response: "Any practical step to implement sanctions will face a strict response from Iran." A firm and inevitable Iranian response, we will respond overwhelmingly to any An American bullying is coming against Iran .. Iran has not previously submitted to American bullying and will not submit as well at this stage. ”
Rouhani pointed out that no country in the Security Council agreed to re-impose international sanctions and America’s insistence on its step is merely" arrogance "
and Rouhani expressed thanks His country went to the former and current UN Security Council president for describing him as "their steadfastness in the face of illegal US moves." He also thanked Russia, China and European countries for standing up to the "irrational American demands," adding, "We thank all thirteen countries for standing by Iran."
The Iranian President also announced his country's readiness to return to the implementation of all its obligations in the nuclear agreement in the event that the opposite party fulfills its obligations

 

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How could the rial be more worthless? As it stands the rial is worth 1/10 of the dinar. 

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Go Trump and Pompeo!!!!!!!

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Who Rouhani is trying to scare here definitely not president Trump not Pompeo.

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Khalilzad welcomes US-Iranian dialogue on Afghanistan

September 24, 2020

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Washington - (AFP) - The US special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Thursday welcomed talks with Iran on ending the Afghan conflict, accusing Tehran of seeking to impede its archenemy from ending its longest war.

The veteran American diplomat has participated in the United Nations-backed talks on Afghanistan involving Iran, a rare area for dialogue between the two countries as President Donald Trump places severe pressure on the Shiite Islamic Republic.

Khalilzad said in a hypothetical event organized by the United States Institute of Peace, "Iran wants to keep us involved in a conflict without winning or losing, but (we continue) to pay a heavy price in Afghanistan until an agreement is reached between the United States and Iran."

"But we offered to meet the Iranians on this issue and to join various formulas where we are there and they are there to discuss the future of Afghanistan," the US official said.

Despite his compromise rhetoric, Khalilzad warned that the United States would target any groups supported by Iran in Afghanistan that "move against us", saying that Washington "is watching them closely."

Iran has a complex relationship with the Taliban, a jihadist movement that espouses a very militant model of Sunni Islam.

Tehran nearly went to war in 1998 with the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan after the killing of Iranian diplomats and civilians.

Tehran denounced the agreement negotiated by Khalilzad between the United States and the Taliban, which provides for the United States to withdraw next year, and accused Washington of legitimizing the rebel movement.

But it has intensified its contacts with the militants, and US officials have accused Tehran of supporting attacks against Western forces.

Iran had supported the US overthrow of the Taliban regime after the attacks of September 11, 2001, but relations with Washington deteriorated sharply soon after when then-US President George W. Bush described Tehran as part of the "axis of evil."

In 2018, Trump imposed stifling sanctions on Iran in the hope of curbing Tehran's regional influence, and in January he ordered a drone strike in Iraq that killed the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, General Qassem Soleimani.