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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. officials conclude Iran deal violates federal law
Fox News ^ | 10/8/15 | James Rosen

Posted on 10/08/2015 5:08:06 PM PDT by Nachum

Some senior U.S. officials involved in the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal have privately concluded that a key sanctions relief provision – a concession to Iran that will open the doors to tens of billions of dollars in U.S.-backed commerce with the Islamic regime – conflicts with existing federal statutes and cannot be implemented without violating those laws, Fox News has learned.

At issue is a passage tucked away in ancillary paperwork attached to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, as the Iran nuclear deal is formally known. Specifically, Section 5.1.2 of Annex II provides that in exchange for Iranian compliance with the terms of the deal, the U.S. “shall…license non-U.S. entities that are owned or controlled by a U.S. person to engage in activities with Iran that are consistent with this JCPOA.”

In short, this means that foreign subsidiaries of U.S. parent companies will, under certain conditions, be allowed to do business with Iran. The problem is that the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA), signed into law by President Obama in August 2012, was explicit in closing the so-called “foreign sub” loophole.

Indeed, ITRA also stipulated, in Section 218, that when it comes to doing business with Iran, foreign subsidiaries of U.S. parent firms shall in all cases be treated exactly the same as U.S. firms: namely, what is prohibited for U.S. parent firms has to be prohibited for foreign subsidiaries, and what is allowed for foreign subsidiaries has to be allowed for U.S. parent firms.

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KEYWORDS: federal; iran; irandeal; iransanctions; law; sanctions; violates
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Pshaw... who needs the law.
1 posted on 10/08/2015 5:08:06 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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2 posted on 10/08/2015 5:08:52 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Ayatollah Obama does whatever he damn well pleases. Deal with it.


3 posted on 10/08/2015 5:10:09 PM PDT by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: Nachum

Please, and honor...

Thanks

Semper Fi


4 posted on 10/08/2015 5:10:14 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Nachum

My thoughts as well.


5 posted on 10/08/2015 5:10:25 PM PDT by MAKOTHEDOG
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To: 100American

Please add to list, forgot

Doh

Thanks Nachum


6 posted on 10/08/2015 5:11:16 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Nachum

King Putt will do as he pleases.


7 posted on 10/08/2015 5:11:58 PM PDT by Qiviut (Stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross; lift high his royal banner, it must not loss)
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To: Nachum

BTTT


8 posted on 10/08/2015 5:13:35 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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"U.S. officials conclude Iran deal violates federal law"

Not to mention the Iran deal gives aid and comfort to the enemy. But Congress still does.......................................................... nothing.

9 posted on 10/08/2015 5:16:52 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Nachum
Pff.

I'm sure that you could find laws that were broken by the managers who implemented Operation Fast and Furious, or by the IRS managers and agents who used that agency to harass and intimidate Christian organizations and organizations that opposed Obama, or by the President and his staffers who routinely decided which aspects of the Obamacare legislation they would follow, which they would ignore, and which they would change on the fly.

I'm sure that you could find laws that were broken when the Government took over General Motors and decided that its bondholders didn't need to be at the front of the line, as they had been told when they purchased the bonds.

I'm certain that numerous city governments broke laws pertaining to the enforcement of immigration law, because the leaders of those cities explicitly stated that they were going to be breaking those laws before they did so.

The fact is, the federal law means nothing because people in government skirt it or break it all the time, with zero consequences.

10 posted on 10/08/2015 5:17:02 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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“violates federal law”

When has that ever stopped Obama/Jarrett/Soros ?


11 posted on 10/08/2015 5:26:23 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

Amen!!!


12 posted on 10/08/2015 5:35:16 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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Unfortunately, US law is for the slave/citizens of USA, not for USG. USG and the aristocrat es of USA are except from laws.
13 posted on 10/08/2015 5:35:48 PM PDT by veracious
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To: Nachum

D'oh!

14 posted on 10/08/2015 5:35:55 PM PDT by McGruff (Trump-Cruz 2016. Make America Great Again.)
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To: MarvinStinson

This is a totally different animal. This Iran agreement can now be hauled into court and slowed down or stopped.


15 posted on 10/08/2015 5:36:09 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: Nachum

So Obama gets another gold star or something, and he goes ahead with it. He’s the first black president you know, and that makes him so special.


16 posted on 10/08/2015 5:37:54 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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There goes Obama’s legacy in his 2nd term...


17 posted on 10/08/2015 5:47:10 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you canÂ’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.Â’)
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To: GilGil

Sure hope you are right.


18 posted on 10/08/2015 5:56:09 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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This is a totally different animal. This Iran agreement can now be hauled into court and slowed down or stopped.

Who will haul it? Who will hear it? Who will rule against it? This is not a nation of laws.

19 posted on 10/08/2015 6:20:41 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Nachum
Ted Cruz: "The law doesn't go away simply because we have a lawless president who refuses to acknowledge or follow federal law."

Ouch! That's going to sting some!

20 posted on 10/08/2015 6:46:09 PM PDT by amorphous
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