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Iran Trade: The Deal on Balance
American Thinker ^
| January 24, 2016
| Shoshana Bryen
Posted on 01/26/2016 11:18:43 AM PST by Ooh-Ah
There is a pattern emerging on the Iran deal: we got and they got. Thatâs how itâs 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 â weâre probably supposed to look at the positive effects of the deal. Okay.
We got â and this is not to be minimized â 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 Sadeghiâs 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
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran
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posted on
01/26/2016 11:18:43 AM PST
by
Ooh-Ah
To: Ooh-Ah
Given WHAT the liberal electorate put in our White House, this was expected. Muslims do not work FOR the American people.
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posted on
01/26/2016 11:29:31 AM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: Ooh-Ah
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.
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posted on
01/26/2016 12:11:00 PM PST
by
familyop
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