#BREAKING
THREAD
1)
U.S. imposes new crippling sanctions on #Iran’s financial sector, targeting the regime’s support of terrorism & other malign activities.
Note: humanitarian transactions will continue. https://t.co/D5qUMAdhGg pic.twitter.com/iaUB3hDxQH— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
#BREAKING
THREAD
1)
U.S. imposes new crippling sanctions on #Iran’s financial sector, targeting the regime’s support of terrorism & other malign activities.
Note: humanitarian transactions will continue. https://t.co/D5qUMAdhGg pic.twitter.com/iaUB3hDxQH— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
2) "...sanctions on key sectors of Iran’s economy in order to deny the Iranian government financial resources that may be used to fund & support its nuclear program, missile development, terrorism & terrorist proxy networks, and malign regional influence."
3) Iran uses these banks to bypass sanctions in order to continue funding the Assad regime in Syria & proxies across the region:
Assad—$15 billion/year
Hezbollah—$700 million/year
Houthis—at least $360 million/year
Hamas—$360 million/year
Iraqi militias—$150 million/year
4)
Iran also uses such funds to develop weapons systems.pic.twitter.com/PwM8sbUgUp— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
4)
Iran also uses such funds to develop weapons systems.pic.twitter.com/PwM8sbUgUp— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
5)
Some may say US sanctions deprive Iran of humanitarian goods & medicine.
Note: The chief of staff of Iran's president said one billion euros ($1.12 billion) in hard currency allocated for importing medicines & essential goods simply “disappeared.”https://t.co/9MXzcTw0lv— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
5)
Some may say US sanctions deprive Iran of humanitarian goods & medicine.
Note: The chief of staff of Iran's president said one billion euros ($1.12 billion) in hard currency allocated for importing medicines & essential goods simply “disappeared.”https://t.co/9MXzcTw0lv— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
6) Those who make such claims are members of #Iran’s network of apologists/lobbyists.
Here are just a few examples.
7)#Iran’s regime is corrupt to the bone.
Iranian MP Ezzatollah Yousefian Molla revealed the “disappearance” of $9 billion in hard currency amid the economic crisis facing Iran with the collapse of the riyal against the US currency.https://t.co/l2UQNTCT3D— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
7)#Iran’s regime is corrupt to the bone.
Iranian MP Ezzatollah Yousefian Molla revealed the “disappearance” of $9 billion in hard currency amid the economic crisis facing Iran with the collapse of the riyal against the US currency.https://t.co/l2UQNTCT3D— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
8)
Iran has spent between $20 billion & $30 billion in Syria to prop up the Assad regime, a lawmaker told the semi-official Etemad newspaper, in a rare estimate by a regime insider.https://t.co/Vl7WbYTY3S— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
8)
Iran has spent between $20 billion & $30 billion in Syria to prop up the Assad regime, a lawmaker told the semi-official Etemad newspaper, in a rare estimate by a regime insider.https://t.co/Vl7WbYTY3S— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
9)
Regime priorities:
Iran's Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines & Trade Hamid Zadboom called the reconstruction of countries such as Syria a "religious duty," adding that "Iranian building materials needed to renovate the war-torn country are underway."https://t.co/2jwoaJyabX— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
9)
Regime priorities:
Iran's Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines & Trade Hamid Zadboom called the reconstruction of countries such as Syria a "religious duty," adding that "Iranian building materials needed to renovate the war-torn country are underway."https://t.co/2jwoaJyabX— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) October 8, 2020
10) Iran does have money, but not for the people
Obama/Biden provided the regime access to $150 bn in credit & $1.8 bn in cash?
The money fueled global terrorism
Not a dime was spent on the people; over 60 mn live in poverty & many search in trash...
