One Iran analyst says a recent leak out of Iran shows the Biden administration is contemplating dropping sanctions, which could inadvertently see regime officials accused of terrorism off the hook.
Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus reacts to reports of bounties by the Iranian regime to assassinate former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other American officials on 'The Next Revolution.'Leaked audio from the Iranian regime’s parliament reveal the controversial nuclear agreement could enable Tehran to partially bypass U.S.
Gabriel Noronha, a former special advisor for Iran in the U.S. State Department, analyzed Bagheri-Kani’s briefing. Noronha wrote in a report that the proposed Iran deal is"designed to partially circumvent Congressional review of the deal under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act." According to the revelations in his report, the Biden administration agreed to lift U.S. Executive Order 13876, which targets the theocratic state’sand President Ebrahim Raisi, as well as the former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan, Noronha noted.
The nuclear pact could also erase the sanction against former IRGC Commander Mohsen Reza’i, responsible for the bombing of theRaisi was sanctioned by the Trump administration for his role in the massacre of 5,000 Iranian political prisoners in 1988 and the mass killing of nearly 1,500 peaceful protestors in 2019.
Both Republican and Democratic administrations have designated Iran’s regime as the world’s worst state-sponsor of international terrorism, and the Biden administration has continued to add sanctions on the regime since taking office.The flag of Iran waves in front of the International Center building with the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Monday, May 24, 2021. Iran and world powers resume talks in Vienna this week of Nov.
Yet, a new deal is still far from certain. Late last week a State Department spokesperson gave notice that it was not impressed with Iran's responses to a new European Union draft. The spokesperson noted in a statement that:"We can confirm that we have received Iran’s response through the EU. We are studying it and will respond through the EU, but unfortunately it is not constructive.
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