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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US Lawmakers Pressure Biden to Enforce Sanctions on Assad
2021-05-29
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] House Republicans have accused US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity....
’s administration of failing to enforce sanctions on Syria as part of a bid to appease Iran.

"We are concerned that your administration is failing to enforce US sanctions law on one of the worst human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
violators in the world, who has killed half a million people, as a concession to Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
to re-enter the failed Iran nuclear deal," the politicians wrote.

In a letter sent to State and Treasury Secretaries Antony Blinken and Janet Yellen, they expressed deep concern that after months of being in office, the administration has refused to impose any sanctions.

They further wondered why the administration has not exercised its sanctions authority under the Caesar Act, which was approved by the Congress in late 2019.

"Is the administration refusing to enforce sanctions on one of the world’s worst human rights violators, Bashir al-Assad, as a concession to the Iranians as part of rejoining the JCPOA?" they asked.

The politicians, Bryan Steil, Jim Banks and Joe Wilson, are members of the Republican Study Committee, the House’s largest conservative caucus, which opposes the administration’s efforts to provide Iran with massive sanctions relief.

"After more than 100 days in office, the Biden administration has refused to impose any sanctions under the Caesar Act. Sanctions enforcement against these threats must be a top priority," the letter read.

"The Iran Deal sold out the Syrian people the first time around, and I fear that history is repeating itself," Wilson wrote.

"Iran has repeatedly violated congressionally approved US sanctions on Syria by sending shiploads of crude oil to Assad. This also violates sanctions on Iran aimed at stymieing its oil trade and cutting off a source of revenue for the hardline regime."

Republican foreign policy leaders are investigating the matter, the letter stressed, noting that the investigation is one of several active probes being led by the Committee.

The congressmen said they are "committed to investigating and uncovering any sanctions relief provided to Iran and its allies as part of your (administration’s) efforts to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal".
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