The dangers of lifting sanctions on the Islamic regime of Iran
The dangers of lifting sanctions on the Islamic regime of Iran
U.S. President Joe Biden must consider that resuscitating the nuclear deal would tighten Tehran’s grip on the Iranian people and provide a boost to Mideast destabilization.
(January 28, 2021 / BESA Center) Former President Donald Trump announced in May 2018 that the United States was withdrawing from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear deal with the Islamic regime in Iran, and reintroducing strict sanctions on the regime. Now that Trump has left the scene and Joe Biden has been installed in the White House, there is a new possibility that America will lift those sanctions.
Experts react: The United States designates Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organization MENASource by Atlantic Council
On January 11, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
that the United States will designate Yemen’s Houthi rebel group Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). The designation will also include labeling three Ansar Allah leaders Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, and Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
The move is intends to hold Ansar Allah “accountable for its terrorist acts, including cross-border attacks threatening civilian populations, infrastructure, and commercial shipping.” The State Department is following through with the designation despite warnings from United Nations (UN) officials and aid organizations that the blacklisting will further c
Updated Dec. 26, 2020 8:25 am ET
TEHRANâSwaths of the Iranian economy are retooling in response to more than two years of U.S. sanctions, finding pockets of resilience in the countryâs large domestic economy.
Iranian companies are increasingly producing the sorts of goods that Iran had long imported from abroad, while smaller, growing companies have picked up hiring. According to Iranian government statistics, Iranâs non-oil industryâs gross revenues have grown 83% in the past couple of years, overtaking the sanctions-battered energy sectorâs.
Iranâs central-bank governor in December said the countryâs economy grew by 1.3% from March to mid-September, largely driven by domestic manufacturing.
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Dec 24, 2020 2:14 PM UTC
By Aresu Eqbali and Sune Engel Rasmussen | Photographs by Maryam Rahmanian for The Wall Street Journal TEHRAN Swaths of the Iranian economy are retooling in response to more than two years of U.S. sanctions, finding pockets of resilience in the country s large domestic economy. Iranian companies are increasingly producing the sorts of goods that Iran had long imported from abroad, while smaller, growing companies have picked up hiring. According to Iranian government statistics, Iran s non-oil industry s gross revenues have grown 83% in the past couple of years, overtaking the sanctions-battered energy sector s.