Today the Trump Administration is taking action to hold the Iranian Regime accountable. We are sanctioning five officials. Iraniane denied the people free and fair parliamentary elections. Includes the secretary of the Guardian Council as well as a Senior Member of the council and former head of irans brutal judiciary. We are sanctioning three other officials for election supervision. Together, these five officials oversee a process that silences the voice of the iranian people, curtails their freedom, and limits their political participation. N who wants to run for office must first be approved by the Guardian Council. It is led by a group of 12 unelected clerics and socalled legal experts. They decide who gets on the ballot. They are the ones who really get to vote. Tomorrow, theons council denied more than 7000 candidates the right to participate. They also disqualified 90 sitting members of Irans Parliament of running for reelection. The chairman of the Guardian Council is a 92year
Elections. Unfortunately for the iranian people, the real election took place in secret long before any ballots were even cast. This is how it is been for the last 41 years and iran. The regime denies the iranian people of Representative Parliament by predeciding who is qualified to run for office. Today the Top Administration is taking action told the Iranian Regime accountable. Im announcing that the United States is sanctioning five senior regime officials under executive order 13876. The five officials been designated today have denied the iranian people free and fair parliamentary elections. This includes the secretary of Guardian Council as well as a Senior Member of the council and former head of irans brutal judiciary. We are sanctioning three other officials who serve on the Guardian Council Central Committee for election supervision. Together, these five officials oversee a process that silences the voice of the iranian people, curtails their freedom and limits their politica
Ballots were cast. This is hough it has been for the lost 41 years in iran. The regime denies the iranian people a Representative Parliament by predeciding who is qualified to run for office. Today the Trump Administration is taking action to they would Iranian Regime accountable. Im announcing the United States is sanctioning five senior regime officials under executive order 13876. The five officials being designated today have denied the iranian people free and fair parliamentary elections. This includes. The second of the Guardian Council as well as the Senior Member of the council and former head of irans brutal judiciary. We are sanctioning three other officials who serve on the Guardian Council Central Committee for election supervision. Together, these five officials oversee a process that silences the voice of the iranian people, curtails their freedom and limits political participation. Any iranian who wants to run for office must first be approved by the Guardian Council and
Expected to meet with World Leaders on pressing issues like threats and foreign threats, the president gears up to meet with french president Emmanuel Macron after threatening 100 tariffs on french goods and also spoke about macron in the press conference, retaliatory duties coming in response to frances tax on American Technology giant and they include products like cheese, handbags, champagne and the latest on the updates all morning long, mornings with maria begins right now. Big show this morning, joining the conversation fox business dagen mcdowell, Ramsey Solutions expert chris hogan and Senior Writer with wall street journal Jon Hilsenrath. Thank you. Maria a lot of news already just from the press conference that President Trump gave in london. Dagen yeah, you see it driving down the futures but waiting until after the election was the quote about waiting until after the election to deal with china, it was a lot. The press conference went on and on and for the markets and inves
Steven mnuchin are getting on the phone today with the top chinese trade negotiator to try and iron out more things. We are in this messy and game. Endgame. Essy we have been here before. We were here in may. This may still unravel. David i heard we have not agreed to a deal on soybeans. You think if they were close to a deal they wouldve gotten that out of the way, at least. Shawn what we are seeing as they are talking about the difficult issues on the table. The fact those around the table now and are being wrestled with is usually a sign of the end game being afoot. On soybeans, it is not so much they are debating how much china is going to buy. It is debating the details of when china will buy and for how long. Those are the details you will be ironing out to the end. Spinning. H sides are are they spinning in the same direction . It seemed like beijing was spinning in one direction and washington was spinning in the other. Shawn this been we get from both sides is both sides do a