Iran Sanctions
US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Election Officials – ITEL – 2.22.20
Recent sanctions applied against Iranian election officials by the US Treasury Department are right out of a bizarro, insane land built on a dung heap of hypocrisy. Reads a first paragraph from Bloomberg. The U.S. said it has sanctioned members of an Iranian government agency that it says rigs elections in the country by disqualifying candidates who don’t echo the political ideology of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In case you haven’t noticed the gauling hypocrisy here, perhaps you should pay attention to a British newpaper, any given one, on a nearRead More
America’s War on Iran – ITEL PT – 4.25.19
Monday, May 2, 2019, the United States will end all waivers for countries purchasing oil from Iran. After this date, countries will risk sanctions from the United States should they purchase oil from Iran. A few weeks prior, the United States labeled Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), Iran’s elite military force, a “terrorist organization”, meaning that banks will now have to certify that those they service are not directly or indirectly benefiting the IRGC. The fact that the United States is engaged in a never ending “war on terror” broughtRead More
The Kushner-Kashoggi Angle – ITEL PT – 10.18.18
The evolving saga of Jamaal Kashoggi’s disappearance and Kushner’s direct and private links to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was revealed through a discussion with a former Indian diplomat as reported in a leading Indian political analysis talk show. The implication is that there is, perhaps, a link between Kashoggi’s disappearance and Kushner himself, as Kashoggi was known to be a vocal proponent of Palestinian rights and interests as part of Kashoggi’s Muslim Brotherhood advocacy. Add in the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood was a leading factor inRead More