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Whether Iran had a deal with 5+1 or not we did need 8~10 years to develop better efficient centrifuges to be installed in our N sites and unlike she I think he hurt Iran more than serving it. If they destroyed all Iran achievements then what all this noises they're making now?
They have good memories from Iraq & Libya. The noise that they’re making is because they want to destroy all Iran’s defensive capabilities.

They assume Iran is as dumb as other countries.
 
Fcvking Hypocrisy!
They Fcuked up Iran will all this nonsense. All of the regime's cronies and their kids put on a show in Canada. It must be nice stealing billions of dollars( the data shows upwards of $40 billion). The regime *** kissers on this forum will say there is corruption all over the world. Why move to Canada? You should stay in that hell hole that you created. Interesting how they hate everything about Iran and its people, everything that made it great, but when
they are in Canada, they are " Persian-speaking Dasteh".
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Got to make sure you get your picture taken so it can be sent back to the mullahs that this Persian-speaking Dasteh are such devout followers of Hussain.
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US Treasury has released a detailed list of $140 Billion confiscated from the Charlatans


وزیر_امور_خارجه_آمریکا اعلام کرد :

پول های ضبط شده ی فرزندان مسئولین ایرانی به عبارت زیر می باشند :

انتشار لیست_کامل_اموال_مسئولین_جمهوری_اسلامی_ایران در خارج از ڪشور توسط وزارت خزانه داری آمریڪا

1- غلامحسین الهام : 56 میلیون دلار
2- س .ح . پناهی : 17 میلیون دلار
3- مسعود ڪاظمی : 84 میلیون دلار
4- علی هاشمی بهرامیان : 44 میلیون دلار
5- محمد محمدی : 40 میلیون دلار

6- مهدی احمدی‌نژاد : 121 میلیون دلار
7- نازیه خامنه‌ای : 293 میلیون دلار
8- مجتبی خامنه‌ای : 4.5 میلیارد دلار
9- صادق محصولی : 46 میلیون دلار
10- حسین معادی‌خواه : 83 میلیون دلار

11- عیسی ڪلانتری : 7 میلیون دلار
12- حسین طائب : 180 میلیون دلار
13- مسعود حجاریان : 106 میلیون دلار
14- سردار احمد وحیدی : 219 میلیون دلار
15- عباس ڪدخدائی : 15 میلیون دلار

16- مجتبی مصباح یزدی : 463 میلیون دلار
17- علی مصباح یزدی : 347 میلیون دلار
18- حسین فیروزآبادی : 505 میلیون دلار
19-پرویز فاتح : 47 میلیون دلار
20- حسین شاجونی : 127 میلیون دلار

21- حیب الله عسگراولادی: 1 میلیارد دلار
22- حسین جنتی : 1 میلیارد دلار
23 - سڪینه خامنه‌ای : 14.137 میلیارد دلار

24- اسفندیار رحیم مشایی : 79 میلیون دلار
25- ح. محمدی آقائی: 123 میلیون دلار

26- علی اڪبر ولایتی : 466 میلیون دلار
27- محمدحسینی ریشهری:453 میلیون دلار
28- محسن هاشمی بهرمانی: 91 میلیون دلار
29- محسن هاشمی ثمره : 17 میلیون دلار
30- علی لاریجانی : 400 میلیون دلار

31- عباس آخوندی : 520 میلیون دلار
32- محسن رفیق دوست : 266 میلیون دلار
33- حمید حسینی : 130 میلیون دلار
34- محمد حسینی: 43 میلیون دلار
35- محمود حسینی : 16 میلیون دلار

36- مجتبی هاشمی ثمره : 228 میلیون دلار
37- ڪامران دانشجو : 108 میلیون دلار
38- احمد رضا رادان : 286 میلیون دلار
39- یدالله جوانی : 50 میلیون دلار
40- غلامرضا فیاض: 47 میلیون دلار

41- رضا فیاض : 47 میلیون دلار
42- علی مباشری : 73 میلیون دلار
43- محمد نقدی : 232 میلیون دلار
44- فرهاد دانشجو : 9 میلیون دلار
45- خسرو دانشجو : 18 میلیون دلار

46- حمیدی حسینی : 33 میلیون دلار
47- محمدباقر خرازی: 248 میلیون دلار
48- مهدی هاشمی ثمره : 50 میلیون دلار
49- حمید رسائی : 142 میلیون دلار
50- حسین موسوی اردبیلی : 163 میلیون دلار

51- علی مبشری : 33 میلیون دلار
52- حسین شریعتمداری : 379 میلیون دلار
53- حسین شاهمرادی : 127 میلیون دلار
54- ڪامران دانشجو : 67 میلیون دلار
55- داوود احمدی‌نژاد : 125 میلیون دلار

56- عبدالله عراقی : 320 میلیون دلار
57- بهاءالدین ‌هاشمی‌: 125 میلیون دلار
58- محیاالدین فاضل : 97 میلیون دلار
59- احمد جنتی : 1.7 میلیارد دلار
60- علی جنتی : 305 میلیون دلار

61- مرتضی رفیق‌دوست: 221 میلیون دلار
62- م.ح پارسا : 55 میلیون دلار
63- فاطمه عسگراولادی: 59 میلیون دلار
64- علی‌اڪبر محتشمی : 460 میلیون دلار
65- یاسر بهمانی هاشمی : 56 میلیون دلار
66- غلامعلی حداد عادل: 58 میلیون دلار

اموال مصادره شده توسط آمریکایی‌ها تا الان

Imagine all of this theft invested in Iran where we would be today. Of course, they were all
businessman before the revolution
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Fcvking Hypocrisy!
They Fcuked up Iran will all this nonsense. All of the regime's cronies and their kids put on a show in Canada. It must be nice stealing billions of dollars( the data shows upwards of $40 billion). The regime *** kissers on this forum will say there is corruption all over the world. Why move to Canada? You should stay in that hell hole that you created. Interesting how they hate everything about Iran and its people, everything that made it great, but when
they are in Canada, they are " Persian-speaking Dasteh". View attachment 501053
Got to make sure you get your picture taken so it can be sent back to the mullahs that this Persian-speaking Dasteh are such devout followers of Hussain.
View attachment 501054


US Treasury has released a detailed list of $140 Billion confiscated from the Charlatans


وزیر_امور_خارجه_آمریکا اعلام کرد :

پول های ضبط شده ی فرزندان مسئولین ایرانی به عبارت زیر می باشند :

انتشار لیست_کامل_اموال_مسئولین_جمهوری_اسلامی_ایران در خارج از ڪشور توسط وزارت خزانه داری آمریڪا

1- غلامحسین الهام : 56 میلیون دلار
2- س .ح . پناهی : 17 میلیون دلار
3- مسعود ڪاظمی : 84 میلیون دلار
4- علی هاشمی بهرامیان : 44 میلیون دلار
5- محمد محمدی : 40 میلیون دلار

6- مهدی احمدی‌نژاد : 121 میلیون دلار
7- نازیه خامنه‌ای : 293 میلیون دلار
8- مجتبی خامنه‌ای : 4.5 میلیارد دلار
9- صادق محصولی : 46 میلیون دلار
10- حسین معادی‌خواه : 83 میلیون دلار

11- عیسی ڪلانتری : 7 میلیون دلار
12- حسین طائب : 180 میلیون دلار
13- مسعود حجاریان : 106 میلیون دلار
14- سردار احمد وحیدی : 219 میلیون دلار
15- عباس ڪدخدائی : 15 میلیون دلار

16- مجتبی مصباح یزدی : 463 میلیون دلار
17- علی مصباح یزدی : 347 میلیون دلار
18- حسین فیروزآبادی : 505 میلیون دلار
19-پرویز فاتح : 47 میلیون دلار
20- حسین شاجونی : 127 میلیون دلار

21- حیب الله عسگراولادی: 1 میلیارد دلار
22- حسین جنتی : 1 میلیارد دلار
23 - سڪینه خامنه‌ای : 14.137 میلیارد دلار

24- اسفندیار رحیم مشایی : 79 میلیون دلار
25- ح. محمدی آقائی: 123 میلیون دلار

26- علی اڪبر ولایتی : 466 میلیون دلار
27- محمدحسینی ریشهری:453 میلیون دلار
28- محسن هاشمی بهرمانی: 91 میلیون دلار
29- محسن هاشمی ثمره : 17 میلیون دلار
30- علی لاریجانی : 400 میلیون دلار

31- عباس آخوندی : 520 میلیون دلار
32- محسن رفیق دوست : 266 میلیون دلار
33- حمید حسینی : 130 میلیون دلار
34- محمد حسینی: 43 میلیون دلار
35- محمود حسینی : 16 میلیون دلار

36- مجتبی هاشمی ثمره : 228 میلیون دلار
37- ڪامران دانشجو : 108 میلیون دلار
38- احمد رضا رادان : 286 میلیون دلار
39- یدالله جوانی : 50 میلیون دلار
40- غلامرضا فیاض: 47 میلیون دلار

41- رضا فیاض : 47 میلیون دلار
42- علی مباشری : 73 میلیون دلار
43- محمد نقدی : 232 میلیون دلار
44- فرهاد دانشجو : 9 میلیون دلار
45- خسرو دانشجو : 18 میلیون دلار

46- حمیدی حسینی : 33 میلیون دلار
47- محمدباقر خرازی: 248 میلیون دلار
48- مهدی هاشمی ثمره : 50 میلیون دلار
49- حمید رسائی : 142 میلیون دلار
50- حسین موسوی اردبیلی : 163 میلیون دلار

51- علی مبشری : 33 میلیون دلار
52- حسین شریعتمداری : 379 میلیون دلار
53- حسین شاهمرادی : 127 میلیون دلار
54- ڪامران دانشجو : 67 میلیون دلار
55- داوود احمدی‌نژاد : 125 میلیون دلار

56- عبدالله عراقی : 320 میلیون دلار
57- بهاءالدین ‌هاشمی‌: 125 میلیون دلار
58- محیاالدین فاضل : 97 میلیون دلار
59- احمد جنتی : 1.7 میلیارد دلار
60- علی جنتی : 305 میلیون دلار

61- مرتضی رفیق‌دوست: 221 میلیون دلار
62- م.ح پارسا : 55 میلیون دلار
63- فاطمه عسگراولادی: 59 میلیون دلار
64- علی‌اڪبر محتشمی : 460 میلیون دلار
65- یاسر بهمانی هاشمی : 56 میلیون دلار
66- غلامعلی حداد عادل: 58 میلیون دلار

اموال مصادره شده توسط آمریکایی‌ها تا الان

Imagine all of this theft invested in Iran where we would be today. Of course, they were all
businessman before the revolution
cleardot.gif


View attachment 501055

@Parsipride stop distributing garbage and propaganda. You do not have empirical evidence for any of the garbage you post here. I live in Canada and every religious group here are free to practice. Shia Muslims are welcomed to practice their traditions. All religious organizations get funded through donations and charity from small contributions to large private and state donors.
 
@Parsipride stop distributing garbage and propaganda. You do not have empirical evidence for any of the garbage you post here. I live in Canada and every religious group here are free to practice. Shia Muslims are welcomed to practice their traditions. All religious organizations get funded through donations and charity from small contributions to large private and state donors.

First, I do not post because I am affiliated with anyone or any group. I expose the filth of these so-called phonies that are supposed to be living a humble life and helping the poor. After all is not that one of the tentacles of the religion of peace? You are free to practice what you believe in whether it is the cultish idol worshiping or Buddhism because Canada is a Christian country in the 21st century. Can the Bahai or the Gonbadi Darvish practice their faith freely in the land of Islam? No, they can not.

Unlike the propaganda videos showing knockdown kits of junk imported from China as the next big industrial innovation( sakht boomi), I am quoting the US Treasury which is more credible than the mullas at this time. The 5 million Iranians living abroad, with the exception of the regime's kids and families in these videos, are not a fan of Islamic occupiers of Iran.

This is nothing more than organized propaganda by Islamic occupiers paid for by the theft of national wealth. Why are you living in Canada? Why are these devout followers of Husain living in Canada? You should live in Karbala or come back to Iran.

Under the current program, invest 2 million dollars and you will get Canadian Citizenship. Is this Propaganda?
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Here is their US representation operating under NIAC. "Margh Bar Amrica", while they are looting the national coffers, and are investing the US. " We will never negotiate with the Great Satan" Trita Parsi will do it for us.

Trita Parsi with some familiar faces
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This is all propaganda and garbage. Islamic Occupiers's American Lobby is called NIAC. Unfortunately, they are not lobbying for the Iranian nation, just a safe haven for the regime's men .

When they negotiated all of Iran's right under the JCOPA, they asked for a few bones to be thrown in
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That is how all of you dual national Canadians, followers and devout Muslims have made it to Canada. " Ya Husain" "Karbala ma darim miyaeem". It should really be " Ya Husain" Canada ma darim miyaeem.

A lot of parallels to the Nazis and their flight to South America would you say.
 
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U.S., Israel, Saudi and UAE want to “Syrianize” Iran: Prof. Entessar
September 25, 2018



TEHRAN - Commenting on Ahvaz attack Prof. Entessar says U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia and UAE’s principal goal is to create chaos in Iran to disintegrate the country.

A terrorist attack during a military parade on people in Ahvaz, southwest Iran left tens of innocent civilians killed and injured.

Hours after the attack Saudi backed Al-ahvazi separatist terrorist group and ISIL claimed the responsibility for the terrorist attack.

To shed more light on the issue we reached out to Prof. Nader Entessar Emeritus of Political Science in University of South Alabama.

Following is the full text of his interview:

Q: Do you see any foreign elements behind this attack?

A: It is too early to identify the real culprits behind the recent terrorist attack in Ahvaz. I hope that the appropriate authorities in Iran are taking this matter very seriously and conduct a thorough and professional investigation and eschew issuing contradictory and vacuous statements. Once the investigation is completed, Iran must take swift and decisive action to respond to this heinous terrorist attack.

Q: Saudi Arabia and UAE didn't condemn the terrorist attack. Why?

A: These two countries have become sworn enemies of Iran in recent years, and by that, I don't mean just the Islamic Republic but the country of Iran. Therefore, I was not surprised that they have not condemned the Ahvaz terrorist attack. Besides, they may indeed be responsible for funding and organizing the terrorist attack. Thus, they should not be expected to condemn it.

Q: How do you assess the U.S. administration's reaction to the attack which it did not explicitly call the action as a terrorist act?

A: I did not expect the Trump administration to call the attack a terrorist act. If you recall, a similar attack occurred last June when a group of Takfiris gunned down innocent Iranians in the Majlis area, the Trump administration seemed to be giddy about it and intimated that Iran had it coming to it. No terrorist act against Iran will be called a terrorist act by the U.S. administration no matter how dastardly it may be.

Q: What can be the real goal of the attack perpetrators at this time?

A: The Ahvaz terrorist attack should not be considered an isolated incident. Here are two interconnected axes operating against Iran today. One is the Washington axis and the other one is the Saudi Arabia-Israel-UAE axis. Although they may pursue different tactics against Iran, they have one overall strategy towards Tehran. Their principal goal is to create chaos in Iran and thus hasten the demise of the Iranian government and even the disintegration of the country. In short, these two axes want to "Syrianize" Iran by any means necessary. At times, they may focus on economic strangulation of the country, at other times they may organize terrorist attacks inside the country, while at other times they may rely on a combination of highlighting their soft war strategy with "hard war" tactics.
 
First, I do not post because I am affiliated with anyone or any group. I expose the filth of these so-called phonies that are supposed to be living a humble life and helping the poor. After all is not that one of the tentacles of the religion of peace? You are free to practice what you believe in whether it is the cultish idol worshiping or Buddhism because Canada is a Christian country in the 21st century. Can the Bahai or the Gonbadi Darvish practice their faith freely in the land of Islam? No, they can not.

Unlike the propaganda videos showing knockdown kits of junk imported from China as the next big industrial innovation( sakht boomi), I am quoting the US Treasury which is more credible than the mullas at this time. The 5 million Iranians living abroad, with the exception of the regime's kids and families in these videos, are not a fan of Islamic occupiers of Iran.

This is nothing more than organized propaganda by Islamic occupiers paid for by the theft of national wealth. Why are you living in Canada? Why are these devout followers of Husain living in Canada? You should live in Karbala or come back to Iran.

Under the current program, invest 2 million dollars and you will get Canadian Citizenship. Is this Propaganda?
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View attachment 501183

Here is their US representation operating under NIAC. "Margh Bar Amrica", while they are looting the national coffers, and are investing the US. " We will never negotiate with the Great Satan" Trita Parsi will do it for us.

Trita Parsi with some familiar faces
View attachment 501184

This is all propaganda and garbage. Islamic Occupiers's American Lobby is called NIAC. Unfortunately, they are not lobbying for the Iranian nation, just a safe haven for the regime's men .

When they negotiated all of Iran's right under the JCOPA, they asked for a few bones to be thrown in
View attachment 501186

That is how all of you dual national Canadians, followers and devout Muslims have made it to Canada. " Ya Husain" "Karbala ma darim miyaeem"

A lot of parallels to the Nazis and their flight to South America would you say.

You post garbage with no direct link to source material. Everything you post is based unverified information.

Iran has many socio-economical problems but instead of contributing to the problem, be part of a solution and be constructive.

I personally donate to university lead environmental and mergency assistance groups.

Also, my family came to Canada through professional qualifications and took us 7 years for our application to get processed. I know many people who donate to Shia charity groups and mosques.
 
US Treasury has released a detailed list of $140 Billion confiscated from the Charlatans


وزیر_امور_خارجه_آمریکا اعلام کرد :

پول های ضبط شده ی فرزندان مسئولین ایرانی به عبارت زیر می باشند :

انتشار لیست_کامل_اموال_مسئولین_جمهوری_اسلامی_ایران در خارج از ڪشور توسط وزارت خزانه داری آمریڪا

1- غلامحسین الهام : 56 میلیون دلار
2- س .ح . پناهی : 17 میلیون دلار
3- مسعود ڪاظمی : 84 میلیون دلار
4- علی هاشمی بهرامیان : 44 میلیون دلار
5- محمد محمدی : 40 میلیون دلار

6- مهدی احمدی‌نژاد : 121 میلیون دلار
7- نازیه خامنه‌ای : 293 میلیون دلار
8- مجتبی خامنه‌ای : 4.5 میلیارد دلار
9- صادق محصولی : 46 میلیون دلار
10- حسین معادی‌خواه : 83 میلیون دلار

11- عیسی ڪلانتری : 7 میلیون دلار
12- حسین طائب : 180 میلیون دلار
13- مسعود حجاریان : 106 میلیون دلار
14- سردار احمد وحیدی : 219 میلیون دلار
15- عباس ڪدخدائی : 15 میلیون دلار

16- مجتبی مصباح یزدی : 463 میلیون دلار
17- علی مصباح یزدی : 347 میلیون دلار
18- حسین فیروزآبادی : 505 میلیون دلار
19-پرویز فاتح : 47 میلیون دلار
20- حسین شاجونی : 127 میلیون دلار

21- حیب الله عسگراولادی: 1 میلیارد دلار
22- حسین جنتی : 1 میلیارد دلار
23 - سڪینه خامنه‌ای : 14.137 میلیارد دلار

24- اسفندیار رحیم مشایی : 79 میلیون دلار
25- ح. محمدی آقائی: 123 میلیون دلار

26- علی اڪبر ولایتی : 466 میلیون دلار
27- محمدحسینی ریشهری:453 میلیون دلار
28- محسن هاشمی بهرمانی: 91 میلیون دلار
29- محسن هاشمی ثمره : 17 میلیون دلار
30- علی لاریجانی : 400 میلیون دلار

31- عباس آخوندی : 520 میلیون دلار
32- محسن رفیق دوست : 266 میلیون دلار
33- حمید حسینی : 130 میلیون دلار
34- محمد حسینی: 43 میلیون دلار
35- محمود حسینی : 16 میلیون دلار

36- مجتبی هاشمی ثمره : 228 میلیون دلار
37- ڪامران دانشجو : 108 میلیون دلار
38- احمد رضا رادان : 286 میلیون دلار
39- یدالله جوانی : 50 میلیون دلار
40- غلامرضا فیاض: 47 میلیون دلار

41- رضا فیاض : 47 میلیون دلار
42- علی مباشری : 73 میلیون دلار
43- محمد نقدی : 232 میلیون دلار
44- فرهاد دانشجو : 9 میلیون دلار
45- خسرو دانشجو : 18 میلیون دلار

46- حمیدی حسینی : 33 میلیون دلار
47- محمدباقر خرازی: 248 میلیون دلار
48- مهدی هاشمی ثمره : 50 میلیون دلار
49- حمید رسائی : 142 میلیون دلار
50- حسین موسوی اردبیلی : 163 میلیون دلار

51- علی مبشری : 33 میلیون دلار
52- حسین شریعتمداری : 379 میلیون دلار
53- حسین شاهمرادی : 127 میلیون دلار
54- ڪامران دانشجو : 67 میلیون دلار
55- داوود احمدی‌نژاد : 125 میلیون دلار

56- عبدالله عراقی : 320 میلیون دلار
57- بهاءالدین ‌هاشمی‌: 125 میلیون دلار
58- محیاالدین فاضل : 97 میلیون دلار
59- احمد جنتی : 1.7 میلیارد دلار
60- علی جنتی : 305 میلیون دلار

61- مرتضی رفیق‌دوست: 221 میلیون دلار
62- م.ح پارسا : 55 میلیون دلار
63- فاطمه عسگراولادی: 59 میلیون دلار
64- علی‌اڪبر محتشمی : 460 میلیون دلار
65- یاسر بهمانی هاشمی : 56 میلیون دلار
66- غلامعلی حداد عادل: 58 میلیون دلار

اموال مصادره شده توسط آمریکایی‌ها تا الان

Imagine all of this theft invested in Iran where we would be today. Of course, they were all
businessman before the revolution
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OK, What is the source of this news?

Which one of her books, What page and paragraph, Otherwise it is Ahmadi fan-made bullshit, Which is abundant on the web.
 
Fuel Supplies Tight As Oil Truck Drivers Go On Strike In Iran
By Tsvetana Paraskova - Sep 25, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
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Oil truck drivers in Iran have started a new strike demanding improved working conditions, and the industrial action has resulted in large lines forming at gasoline stations in Iran, The Middle East Monitor reports, quoting the Anadolu Agency and local media.

The strike is the second that truck drivers in Iran have staged this year, after a prolonged strike action in May in which they protested against rising costs for insurance, repairs, spare parts, and tolls, while their wages were stagnant. Back in May, the government has reportedly agreed to raise the pay for truckers by 15 percent, VOA reported.

According to The Middle East Monitor, nothing has been done yet to meet the truckers’ demands from May.


The latest industrial action by oil truckers in Iran comes less than two months after the first set of U.S. sanctions on Iran snapped back, and just six weeks before the second round of sanctions, including on Iran’s key revenue source—oil exports—kick in.

Over the past few months, Iran’s economy has faltered, and its currency, the rial, hit a new lowthis week against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial exchange rate.

According to data compiled by U.S. economist Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins University, Iran’s annual inflation rate as of Monday was 293 percent—an all-time high.

The economic hardships are causing a surge in the price of goods, including diapers. Shortages of goods also abound, with Iranian authorities conducting raids to confiscate illegal hoards of rare and costly items such as diapers.

The sanctions on Iran’s oil are now expected to remove more than 1 million bpd from the oil market, compared to earlier projections of around a 500,000-bpd loss, before the United States started to show signs that waivers would be given sparingly, if at all.

Although Iran’s oil exports are unlikely to drop to zero, they could halve to 1 million bpd-1.3 million bpd, Ben Luckock, co-head of oil trading at commodity trader Trafigura, told S&P Global Platts this week.

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-...s-Oil-Truck-Drivers-Go-On-Strike-In-Iran.html

Capital Flight - $59 Billion Has Left Iran In Past Two Years
May 31, 2018
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An Iranian man holds U.S. 100-dollar bills at a currency exchange office in a shopping centre in the capital Tehran, April 10, 2018
More than $59 billion in hard currency has left Iran during last two years, Islamic Parliament Research Center (IPRC) has disclosed.

According to IPRC, following the United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Tehran’s nuclear deal with world power, more billions are expected to leave Iran in the coming months.

IRPC has also said that $59 billion is a significant figure in Iran’s financial situation, a website close to the speaker of parliament, Khabar Online reported on Monday, May 28.

The capital that left Iran during past twelve months amounts to $39,200 billion which is equal to 83% of Iran’s current annual income from its non-oil exports.

IRPC has also revealed that $20,200 billion capital left the country in 2016.


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Photo showing Iranian customs agents with confisicated cash being smyggled out of the country. File photo
“Unpredictability of the political and economic situation”, “lack of support for investments in general policies of the government”, “high risk of investment”, “difficulties in conducting business activities” and a trend of relocating to other countries, are the main reasons behind the flight of wealth from Iran.

Most of the people who transfer their money out of the country, aim to buy assets, including houses, and invest in banks and stock markets abroad, the report has noted.

It is not clear how much of the hard currency has been sent out of the country by the elite of the Islamic Republic. Current members of parliament and officials have alleged that officials of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration sent billions of dollars to Turkey, with the pretext of having a plan to stabilize currency rates.

Some diaspora based Iranian websites have alleged that the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, IRGC, has taken billions of dollars out of the country to have a nest-egg in case of war or sanctions.

Meanwhile, IRPC’s report has cautioned that, following the flight of significant sums of money in the past two years, the country’s hard currency reserves shows a $16,300 billion decrease.

This means the government has sold hard currency on open market, most probably to meet its domestic financial obligations.

Immediately after recent crisis in Iran’s forex market, President Hassan Rouhani’s administration set a cap on the amount of foreign currency citizens can hold in cash, and sent police to patrol currency exchanges to crack down on black market currency trading.

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Pre-revolution (1979) 10,000 rials bank note which was worth around $150.


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Current 10,000 rials bank note which is now worth around 13 cents.
With exchanges forbidden to sell foreign currency and new rules limiting the amount of foreign currency travelers can take out of the country gold has become the new currency of choice for people hoping to move their money out of the country.

The chairman of the Iran Gold & Jewelry Association, Hossain Pendarvand, said on May 15, “Gold has replaced the dollar in local markets, and despite protective measures taken by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), money is still finding its way out of the country, but now in the form of gold.”

State-run Iran students News Agency (ISNA) also cited Pendarvand as saying, “The fact that the Gold products’ market is currently suffering from a recession, while the market for melted gold is flourishing, leads to the conclusion that in the absence of the dollar, people have started buying more gold [bullion] and taking it out of Iran.”

Rouhani’s administration decreed April 18 that all ministries, agencies, and offices of the government should use the euro for all foreign currency allocations.

Economists say the government’s strict measures aiming to control the value of rial have failed, as foreign currency exchangers are hoarding U.S. dollars and Iranians who require foreign currency for business or travel are defying the government and turning to the black market, where the rate of the rial against the dollar has skyrocketed.

The flight of capital from Iran has gained more momentum since widespread protests in late December and early January shook the country.

Meanwhile, referring to Iranian financial service entities mushrooming abroad, particularly in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, prominent Sweden based Iranian economist, Ahmad Alavi told Radio Farda on May 16, “These newly founded financial services offices are the symbols of capital flight from Iran and herald more billions leaving the country.”
https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-capital-flight-momentum/29261821.html
 
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The source is US Treasury. The new more robust act passed the US house and it is expected to pass the Senate
Iran Leadership Transparency Act



115th Congress } { Rept. 115-453
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { Part 1

======================================================================




IRANIAN LEADERSHIP ASSET TRANSPARENCY ACT

_______


December 7, 2017.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______


Mr. Hensarling, from the Committee on Financial Services, submitted the
following

R E P O R T

together with

MINORITY VIEWS

[To accompany H.R. 1638]

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

The Committee on Financial Services, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 1638) to require the Secretary of the Treasury
to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
on the estimated total assets under direct or indirect control
by certain senior Iranian leaders and other figures, and for
other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency
Act''.


SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) Iran is characterized by high levels of official and
institutional corruption, and substantial involvement by Iran's
security forces, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC), in the economy.

(2) Many members of Iran's senior political and military
leadership have acquired significant personal and institutional
wealth by using their positions to secure control of
significant portions of Iran's national economy.

(3) Sanctions relief provided through the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action has resulted in the removal of many Iranian
entities that are tied to governmental corruption from the list
of entities sanctioned by the United States.
(4) The Department of Treasury in 2011 designated the Islamic
Republic of Iran's financial sector as a jurisdiction of
primary money laundering concern under section 311 of the USA
PATRIOT Act, stating ``Treasury has for the first time
identified the entire Iranian financial sector; including
Iran's Central Bank, private Iranian banks, and branches, and
subsidiaries of Iranian banks operating outside of Iran as
posing illicit finance risks for the global financial
system.''.
(5) Iran continues to be listed by the Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) among the ``Non-Cooperative Countries or
Territories''--countries which it perceived to be non-
cooperative in the global fight against terror finance and
money laundering.
(6) Iran and North Korea are the only countries listed by the
FATF as ``Non-Cooperative Countries or Territories'' against
which FATF countries should take measures.

(7) The Transparency International index of perceived public
corruption ranks Iran 130th out of 168 countries surveyed.

(8) The State Department identified Iran as a ``major money-
laundering country'' in its International Narcotics Control
Strategy Report (INCSR) for 2016.
(9) The State Department currently identifies Iran, along
with Sudan and Syria, as a state sponsor of terrorism, ``having
repeatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism''.
(10) The State Department's ``Country Reports on Terrorism'',
published last in July 2017, noted that ``Iran continued to
sponsor terrorist groups around the world, principally through
its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).
These groups included Lebanese Hizballah, several Iraqi Shia
militant groups, Hamas, and Palestine Islamic Jihad. Iran,
Hizballah, and other Shia militia continued to provide support
to the Asad regime, dramatically bolstering its capabilities,
prolonging the civil war in Syria, and worsening the human
rights and refugee crisis there.''.
(11) The Iranian Government's tolerance of corruption and
nepotism in business limits opportunities for foreign and
domestic investment, particularly given the significant
involvement of the IRGC in many sectors of Iran's economy.

(12) The IRGC and the leadership-controlled bonyads
(foundations) control an estimated one-third of Iran's total
economy, including large portions of Iran's telecommunications,
construction, and airport and port operations. These operations
give the IRGC and bonyads vast funds to support terrorist
organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
(13) By gaining control of major economic sectors, the IRGC
and bonyads have also served to further disadvantage the
average Iranian.

SEC. 3. REPORT REQUIREMENT RELATING TO ASSETS OF IRANIAN LEADERS AND
CERTAIN SENIOR POLITICAL FIGURES.


(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter (or more frequently if the
Secretary of the Treasury determines it appropriate based on new
information received by the Secretary) for the following 2 years, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall, in furtherance of the Secretary's
efforts to prevent the financing of terrorism, money laundering, or
related illicit finance and to make financial institutions' required
compliance with remaining sanctions more easily understood, submit a
report to the appropriate congressional committees containing--
(1) the estimated total funds or assets held in accounts at
U.S. and foreign financial institutions that are under direct
or indirect control by each natural person described in
subsection (b) and a description of such assets;
(2) an identification of any equity stake such natural person
has in an entity on the Department of the Treasury's list of
Specially Designated Nationals or in any other sanctioned
entity;
(3) a description of how such funds or assets or equity
interests were acquired, and how they have been used or
employed;

(4) a description of any new methods or techniques used to
evade anti-money laundering and related laws, including
recommendations to improve techniques to combat illicit uses of
the U.S. financial system by each natural person described in
subsection (b);
(5) recommendations for how U.S. economic sanctions against
Iran may be revised to prevent the funds or assets described
under this subsection from being used by the natural persons
described in subsection
(b) to contribute to the continued
development, testing, and procurement of ballistic missile
technology by Iran;
(6) a description of how the Department of the Treasury
assesses the impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic
sanctions programs against Iran; and
(7) recommendations for improving the ability of the
Department of the Treasury to rapidly and effectively develop,
implement, and enforce additional economic sanctions against
Iran if so ordered by the President under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act or other corresponding
legislation.
(b) Persons Described.--The natural persons described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) The Supreme Leader of Iran.
(2) The President of Iran.
(3) Members of the Council of Guardians.
(4) Members of the Expediency Council.
(5) The Minister of Intelligence and Security.
(6) The Commander and the Deputy Commander of the IRGC.
(7) The Commander and the Deputy Commander of the IRGC Ground
Forces.
(8) The Commander and the Deputy Commander of the IRGC
Aerospace Force.
(9) The Commander and the Deputy Commander of the IRGC Navy.
(10) The Commander of the Basij-e-Mostaz'afin.
(11) The Commander of the Qods Force.
(12) The Commander in Chief of the Police Force.
(13) The head of the IRGC Joint Staff.
(14) The Commander of the IRGC Intelligence.
(15) The head of the IRGC Imam Hussein University.
(16) The Supreme Leader's Representative at the IRGC.
(17) The Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the IRGC
Cooperative Foundation.
(18) The Commander of the Khatam-al-Anbia Construction Head
Quarter.
(19) The Chief Executive Officer of the Basij Cooperative
Foundation.
(20) The head of the Political Bureau of the IRGC.
(21) The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
(c) Form of Report; Public Availability.--
(1) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
(2) Public availability.--The unclassified portion of such
report shall be made available to the public and posted on the
website of the Department of the Treasury--
(A) in English, Farsi, Arabic, and Azeri; and
(B) in precompressed, easily downloadable versions

that are made available in all appropriate formats.
(d) Sources of Information.--In preparing a report described under
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury may use any credible
publication, database, web-based resource, public information compiled
by any government agency, and any information collected or compiled by
a nongovernmental organization or other entity provided to or made
available to the Secretary, that the Secretary finds credible.
(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committees
on Financial Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs and Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(2) Funds.--The term ``funds'' means--
(A) cash;
(B) equity;
(C) any other intangible asset whose value is derived
from a contractual claim, including bank deposits,
bonds, stocks, a security as defined in section 2(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)), or a
security or an equity security as defined in section
3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C.
78c(a)); and
(D) anything else that the Secretary determines
appropriate.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that in preparing the reports required
under section 3, the Secretary of the Treasury should consider
acquiring information from sources that--
(1) collect and, if necessary, translate high-veracity,
official records; or
(2) provide search and analysis tools that enable law
enforcement to have new insights into commercial and financial
relationships.

PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

On March 20, 2017, Representative Bruce Poliquin introduced
H.R. 1638, the ``Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act''
which requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to
Congress on the assets held by Iran's most senior political,
military and business leaders, and on the probable sources and
uses of the assets. The legislation would require the Treasury
Department to publish a public version of the report on its
website, in English and in the major languages used within
Iran.
A classified version, if necessary, would be available to
Congress. The legislation also contains a ``Sense of Congress''
that urges the Secretary of the Treasury to seek information
for the report from sources that would search and, if
necessary, translate publicly available ``high-veracity
official records'' overseas, and provide methods to search and
analyze such data in ways that are useful to law enforcement.

BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION

The goal of H.R. 1638 is to assist in efforts to stop money
laundering, the financing of terror, and related illicit
finance, by making it easier to identify and understand the
sources and uses of vast sums of money controlled by top
political and military leaders of Iran.
According to the non-governmental organization (NGO)
Transparency International, Iran's economy is characterized by
high levels of official and institutional corruption, and by
substantial involvement in the economy of Iran's security
forces, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC). Many members of Iran's senior political and military
leadership have acquired significant personal and institutional
wealth by using their positions to secure control of major
portions of the Iranian economy.

Sanctions relief provided through the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action (JCPOA) resulted in the removal of many Iranian
entities that are tied to government corruption from the list
of entities sanctioned by the United States, although many
remain sanctioned and the Trump Administration has, in recent
months, levied a number of new sanctions on Iranian individuals
and entities.
However, the Transparency International index of perceived
public corruption is higher than ever, and the State Department
has identified Iran as a country of `primary concern' for money
laundering. Separately, the U.S. Department of State has
identified Iran as a country that has ``repeatedly provided
support for acts of international terrorism,'' and in its June
2016 ``country report'' noted the country ``continues to
sponsor terrorist groups around the world, principally through
its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC).''
The Iranian government's tolerance of corruption in
business limits opportunities for individual Iranians to
improve their lot in life, particularly given the significant
involvement of the IRGC in many sectors of the Iranian economy.
The `bonyads' (foundations) controlled by top Iranian political
and military leaders control an estimated one-third of the
total economy, including large portions of the
telecommunications, construction, airport and seaport sectors,
which gives the IRGC and its leaders vast funds to support
terrorism, and terrorist proxies such as Hezbollah, at a time
when the average Iranian citizen earns about $15,000 a year.

The ``Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act'' requires
the Treasury Department to list the known assets of senior
Iranian officials in a form that is easily understandable and
accessible to individual Iranians, as well as to those in the
financial or business sector who might be concerned about
inadvertently doing business with a corrupt Iranian entity
. Any
reports prepared under H.R. 1638 would be available in a form
that would be accessible to the average Iranian so that they
might better understand the nature of their nation's economy.


HEARINGS

The Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on
Monetary Policy and Trade held a hearing examining matters
relating to H.R. 1638 on April 4, 2017.

COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

The Committee on Financial Services met in open session on
November 14, 2017, and ordered H.R. 1638 to be reported
favorably to the House, as amended, by a recorded vote of 43
yeas to 16 nays (Record vote no. FC-96), a quorum being
present. Before the motion to report was offered, the Committee
adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by
Mr. Poliquin, by voice vote.

COMMITTEE VOTES

Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires the Committee to list the record votes
on the motion to report legislation and amendments thereto. The
sole recorded vote was on a motion by Chairman Hensarling to
report the bill favorably to the House, as amended. The motion
was agreed to by a recorded vote of 43 yeas to 16 nays (Record
vote no. FC-96), a quorum being present.


COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the findings and recommendations of
the Committee based on oversight activities under clause
2(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives,
are incorporated in the descriptive portions of this report.

PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee states that H.R. 1638
will assist in the combatting of money laundering, the
financing of terror, and related illicit finance by providing
for a public report of the assets held by, and the sources and
uses of massive funds controlled by, the top political and
military leaders of Iran.

NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY, ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY, AND TAX EXPENDITURES

In compliance with clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules
of the House of Representatives, the Committee adopts as its
own the estimate of new budget authority, entitlement
authority, or tax expenditures or revenues contained in the
cost estimate prepared by the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATES

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the following is the cost estimate
provided by the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section
402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

U.S. Congress,
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC, December 1, 2017.
Hon. Jeb Hensarling,
Chairman, Committee on Financial Services,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 1638, the Iranian
Leadership Asset Transparency Act.
If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew
Pickford.
Sincerely,
Mark P. Hadley
(For Keith Hall, Director).
Enclosure.

H.R. 1638--Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act

H.R. 1638 would require the Department of the Treasury to
report to the Congress on the financial assets held by specific
Iranian political and military leaders in 2018 and 2019. The
reports would describe how their assets were acquired and any
unclassified portions of those reports would be posted on the
Treasury's website in multiple languages. The bill would
require the department to provide recommendations on improving
the effectiveness of financial sanctions against Iran.
CBO is not aware of any comprehensive, detailed information
regarding the financial assets of Iranian leaders. If such
information is collected by the Office of Foreign Asset Control
or the Office of Intelligence and Analysis in the Department of
Treasury, or by any other federal agency, CBO expects it would
probably be classified. Less comprehensive information about
the assets of those Iranian leaders may be available in the
public domain but we have not found it. However, based on the
costs of similar reporting efforts, CBO estimates that the cost
of compiling any information on the subject would total less
than $500,000 in 2018 and 2019; such spending would be subject
to the availability of appropriated funds. Costs could be
substantially higher if this type of financial information is
not currently collected by the federal government.
Enacting H.R. 1638 would not affect direct spending or
revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO
estimates that enacting H.R. 1638 would not increase net direct
spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive
10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 1638 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew
Pickford. The estimate was approved by H. Samuel Papenfuss,
Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

FEDERAL MANDATES STATEMENT

This information is provided in accordance with section 423
of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
The Committee has determined that the bill does not contain
Federal mandates on the private sector. The Committee has
determined that the bill does not impose a Federal
intergovernmental mandate on State, local, or tribal
governments.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

No advisory committees within the meaning of section 5(b)
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act were created by this
legislation.

APPLICABILITY TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The Committee finds that the legislation does not relate to
the terms and conditions of employment or access to public
services or accommodations within the meaning of the section
102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act.

EARMARK IDENTIFICATION

With respect to clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the
House of Representatives, the Committee has carefully reviewed
the provisions of the bill and states that the provisions of
the bill do not contain any congressional earmarks, limited tax
benefits, or limited tariff benefits within the meaning of the
rule.

DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS

In compliance with clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules
of the House of Representatives, the Committee states that no
provision of the bill establishes or reauthorizes: (1) a
program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of
another Federal program; (2) a program included in any report
from the Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant
to section 21 of Public Law 111-139; or (3) a program related
to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance, published pursuant to the Federal Program
Information Act (Pub. L. No. 95-220, as amended by Pub. L. No.
98-169).

DISCLOSURE OF DIRECTED RULEMAKING

Pursuant to section 3(i) of H. Res. 5, (115th Congress),
the following statement is made concerning directed
rulemakings: The Committee estimates that the bill requires no
directed rulemakings within the meaning of such section.

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF THE LEGISLATION

Section 1. Short title

This section cites H.R. 1638 as the ``Iranian Leadership
Asset Transparency Act''.

Section 2. Findings

This section finds that Iran is perceived to be one of the
most corrupt societies in the world, that a handful of top
military and political leaders control at least a third of the
country's wealth while the average Iranian earns about $15,000
a year, and that the corrupt leadership of the country probably
uses portions of its wealth to foment unrest at least through
the Mideast if not worldwide.

Section 3. Report requirement relating to assets of Iranian leaders and
certain senior political figures

This section requires the Treasury Secretary to report to
Congress on the assets, and the sources and uses of such
assets, held by Iran's top political and military leaders. It
lists the senior leaders by title, and requires that a non-
classified version of such a report be posted on the Treasury
Department's website in English and translated into the top
three languages spoken in Iran.

Section 4. Sense of Congress

This section expresses the sense of Congress that in
preparing the report described in Section 3, the Secretary
should consider acquiring information from sources that collect
and if necessary translate ``high-veracity official records''
and make such data available in ways that can be searched and
analyzed by law enforcement.

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

H.R. 1638 does not repeal or amend any section of a
statute. Therefore, the Office of Legislative Counsel did not
prepare the report contemplated by Clause 3(e)(1)(B) of Rule
XIII of the House of Representatives.



MINORITY VIEWS

H.R. 1638, the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act,
would require the Secretary of the Treasury to report to
Congress on the estimated total assets under direct or indirect
control of certain senior Iranian leaders and other figures,
along with a description of how these assets were acquired and
are employed, regardless of whether such individuals are
subject to U.S. sanctions.
Although increasing transparency into corrupt regimes is a
laudable goal, H.R. 1638 would not promote U.S. national
security interests. First, the level of scrutiny that would be
needed to produce a credible report would place a very real
strain on the Treasury Department, diverting significant
resources away from Treasury investigators who are tasked with
targeting sanctionable conduct, implementing existing sanctions
on Iran, and uncovering illicit conduct across the globe,
including, importantly, efforts to identify the web of business
interests that continue to enable North Korea to evade U.S. and
international sanctions. Moreover, the bill's requirement to
report on ``any equity stake'' natural persons have in certain
entities exceeds the commonly used metric of ``controlling
equity interest'' for identifying meaningful ownership
interests and, thus, would add substantially to the resource
burden associated with the report with little added value.
The bill's required report would have little use as a
compliance tool, given that much of the most important parts of
the report would be classified, which notably undercuts the
argument advanced by supporters that the legislation would help
make ``financial institutions'' required compliance with
remaining sanctions more easily understood.'' In fact, the
creation of such a list that is not tied to any prohibition or
legal action would more likely create confusion among OFAC's
regulated public, and also mislead companies to believe that
the Treasury list replaces the due diligence efforts that they
should otherwise be doing prior to engaging in business in
Iran.
Moreover, because the report would be largely classified,
the bill would do little to draw the Iranian public's attention
to the corruption and unjust enrichment of their leaders,
despite claims by the bill's proponents. And, any unclassified
portion would inevitably be rejected as U.S. propaganda by both
the Iranian regime and by its people as a predictable attack on
the country's government by the United States.
The true intent of the legislation is to gin up prospects
of reputational risks for companies that might seek to do
legitimate business with Iran. For this reason, the bill would
be a strategic mistake. The report would undoubtedly be seized
upon by Iran as an intentional effort to discourage
international investment in Iran, which would be viewed by
Iran--and likely by the major world powers who joined us in the
JCPOA as well--as a violation of the expressed U.S. commitment
under the nuclear deal not to interfere with the full
realization of the relief provided to Iran under the accord. In
fact, when the House considered nearly identical legislation
last Congress, the Obama White House issued a veto threat,
noting, in part, the negative impact the measure could have on
the ``continued viability'' of the JCPOA.
In light of the bill's limited practical utility; its
failure to meet its own stated objectives; its diversion of
critical resources away from Treasury investigations; the
report's lack of usefulness as a compliance tool; and the
negative impact the legislation would have on the continued
viability of the nuclear deal, which to date is widely viewed
as a success, we oppose this bill.

Maxine Waters.
Michael E. Capuano.
Vicente Gonzalez.
Joyce Beatty.
Wm. Lacy Clay.
Daniel T. Kildee.
Keith Ellison.
Al Green.
Gregory W. Meeks.





Which one of her books, What page and paragraph, Otherwise it is Ahmadi fan-made bullshit, Which is abundant on the web.
 
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