PROMISE KEPT: Trump Administration Restores Sanctions on IRAN Lifted After Nuclear Deal
The White House announced Friday the restoration of previously lifted sanctions against the Iranian regime that were suspended following the international nuclear agreement; slamming the Islamic Republic with harsh penalties against government officials and businesses.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced the sanctions aimed at Iran’s financial, energy, and transportation sectors; specifically targeting the nation’s oil industry.
“We encourage the Trump administration to fulfill the promise of a maximum pressure campaign – no exceptions – until Iran permanently and verifiably changes its behavior,” Chairman and former Sen. Joe Liberman and CEO Mark Wallace, a former U.N. ambassador, said in a statement. “Oil and gas firms, including those from friendly countries like India, South Korea and Japan, should not be granted sanctions waivers.”
President Trump has routinely referred to the Iranian nuclear agreement as one of the “worst deals” in world history; saying it ultimately “saved” the Iranian regime from total collapse.
“They were in big big trouble,” said the President in September. “They needed cash, we gave it to them.”
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