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Trump administration sanctions Iran prison torture industry
Fox News Politics ^ | 14 April 2017 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 04/15/2017 12:36:33 AM PDT by blueplum

The Trump administration is leveling new economic sanctions against senior Iranian officials and its prison system for widespread human rights abuses, including the systematic torture of those being held in these facilities, according to White House officials familiar with the matter.
The latest sanctions target the Tehran Prisons Organization and Sohrab Suleimani, a senior official in the prison system and the brother of Qassem Soleimani, a senior Iranian military figure responsible for operating Iran's rogue activities in Syria and elsewhere.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; sanctions; trump
The article isn't specific whether this is in reference to the March 23 bill or more add-ons ?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/722/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22iran%22%5D%7D&r=1

1 posted on 04/15/2017 12:36:33 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Tehran Prisons Organization.

The very name screams progressive :)


2 posted on 04/15/2017 12:52:40 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: blueplum

The article’s title fosters a false impression. Intentional?


3 posted on 04/15/2017 1:06:54 AM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: TigersEye

not sure, TigersEye. This being a Fox article makes that a good question.


4 posted on 04/15/2017 1:11:36 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: blueplum; TigersEye

For lack of a colon!


5 posted on 04/15/2017 1:23:44 AM PDT by Does so (USA: Watching Muslims' 2nd US Generation become "Radicalized"...)
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To: blueplum

It it were any other network I wouldn’t question it. I’d know it was intentional.


6 posted on 04/15/2017 1:49:04 AM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: Does so

Punctuation matters!


7 posted on 04/15/2017 1:50:47 AM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: blueplum

Do they have an editor who knows how to use the englush language. to sanction means to approve of.


8 posted on 04/15/2017 3:24:36 AM PDT by pacific_waters
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To: blueplum

How bad does that headline read... trump sanctions torture


9 posted on 04/15/2017 4:55:32 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: TigersEye

“The article’s title fosters a false impression. Intentional?”

I was thinking the same thing.

Could the author of the title really be THAT stupid? I decided, NO, they can’t be. That leaves only one alternative...... it was intentional.


10 posted on 04/15/2017 5:41:51 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: pacific_waters
Definitons 4 and 5 of "sanction" per dictionary.com:

4. Law.

a provision of a law enacting a penalty for disobedience or a reward for obedience. the penalty or reward.

5. International Law.

action by one or more states toward another state calculated to force it to comply with legal obligations.

11 posted on 04/15/2017 5:55:04 AM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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To: blueplum

Confusing headline. Makes it sound like Trump admin approves Iran


12 posted on 04/15/2017 6:04:08 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: blueplum

There shouldn’t be anyone in Iran who isn’t already covered by sanctions.


13 posted on 04/15/2017 6:31:35 AM PDT by LSUfan
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To: faucetman
Someone who works for a major news corporation shouldn't be that stupid.
14 posted on 04/15/2017 12:29:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: Nifster; Does so

I agree. Does So pointed out it’s likely missing the colon between ‘sanctions’ and ‘Iran’.


15 posted on 04/15/2017 12:44:36 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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