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US senators tell Biden he is risking national security by failing to act against 'Iranian oil sales'.......
All Israel News ^ | 2/2/2022 | Nicole Jansezian

Posted on 02/02/2022 10:05:23 AM PST by caww

Ten Republican senators say “boom in oil sales has refilled the Iranian regime’s coffers, removed crucial American leverage over Iran”

A group of U.S. senators are concerned that Iranian exports of oil slipping through the cracks of American sanctions are enhancing Tehran’s ability to finance terrorism and gain nuclear capabilities – and placing national security at risk.

The 10 Republicans sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden last week urging action “against entities that purchase Iranian oil and against those foreign-flagged oil tankers which keep Iran’s illicit oil trade alive.”

“The boom in oil sales has refilled the Iranian regime’s once-empty coffers, removed crucial American leverage over Iran, and encouraged the Iranians to stall negotiations in Vienna and irreversibly advance their pursuit of a nuclear weapon,” they wrote.

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To: Revel

Well under Trump Iran was still sneaking oil out of it’s country because we caught them many times, despite the sanctions. Under Biden he’s not the least bit interested in stopping them.


21 posted on 02/02/2022 11:33:29 AM PST by caww ( )
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Which is why they are salting all those illegals into “certain” states.


22 posted on 02/02/2022 11:46:45 AM PST by crz
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