All the ways Joe Biden has unfrozen Iranian funds, a timeline of appeasement.
Let’s go through a timeline of facts:
- $10 billion – November 2023 – Biden regime reapproved a sanctions waiver that unlocks upwards of $10 billion in frozen funds of Iraqi payments for Iranian energy.
- $6 billion – Sept 2023 – As part of a prisoner swap Blinken ensured Iranian funds were moved into a restricted fund for “humanitarian trade.”
- $10 Billion – July 2023 – Antony Blinken signed a national security waiver allowing Iraq to deposit payments for Iranian energy into non-Iraqi banks in third countries instead of into restricted accounts.
- $3.42 Billion – August 2021 – The IMF sent $3.42 billion to Iran in special drawing rights. The Biden administration had the authority to stop the transfer and chose not to.
- $80+ billion – Since 2021 – Iran’s oil exports have surged, breaking records, because the Biden administration has eased enforcement of sanctions, allowing an explosion in illicit purchases, mostly by China.
- $3.8 billion – Since 2021 – Iran turned to the sale of petrochemicals to avoid a Trump-era sanction. Sales have surged thanks to Biden.
- $1.6 billion – Since 2021 – The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Iran’s steel industry, which the Biden administration hasn’t enforced.
https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/178001428299193579
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This is a litany of unethical economic war measures against a country whose crime is not following US dictates. For example, why is it illicit for China and Iran to conduct business. The US must accept that other nations are free to follow their own course.
The sooner the better