Iran Trade: The Deal on Balance

American Thinker ^ | January 24, 2016 | Shoshana Bryen

[Ooh-Ah]

There is a pattern emerging on the Iran deal: we got and they got. That’s how it’s supposed to work -- something for something -- right? Okay.

We got:

• Iranian ballistic missile tests in violation of UN resolutions;
• Missiles fired near a U.S. aircraft carrier sailing in international waters; and
• Ten American sailors illegally captured, whose rights under the Geneva Convention were violated when they were photographed for propaganda purposes.

Oh, wait – we’re probably supposed to look at the positive effects of the deal. Okay.

We got – and this is not to be minimized – although none of them should have been in Iranian prisons to begin with:

• Jason Rezaian, a newspaper reporter;
• Amir Hekmati, a former Marine visiting his grandmother;
• Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor;
• Matthew Trevithick, a student in a language program at Tehran University; and
• Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari, a businessman who opted to stay in Iran.

They got

• Bahram Mechanic, Tooraj Faridi, and Khosrow Afghahi, pardoned before trial for violating U.S. export laws regarding shipping high tech equipment to Iran.
• Matin Sadeghi’s charges dropped in the same case.
• Serving prisoners Arash Ghahreman (planning to send fiber optic gyroscopes and electron tubes to Iran), Nader Modanlo (providing satellite services to Iran) and Ali Saboonchi (providing high-tech industrial parts to Iran).
• Charges dropped against another man in the case and the company they worked for.
• Charges dropped against Mohammed Sharbaf, accused of shipping lift truck parts; Amin Ravan, accused of shipping antennas; and Mohammad Mohammadi, accused of sending aircraft parts all to Iran.
• Warrants dropped for three fugitive defendants wanted in federal court for cases involving alleged export controls or sanctions violations regarding goods headed for Iran

[EagleUSA]

Given WHAT the liberal electorate put in our White House, this was expected. Muslims do not work FOR the American people.

[familyop]

The dirty, little secret is that quite a few nations continued to trade with Iran—especially oil. Iran has produced and sold all that it could. There won’t be any big market change coming from it.