While the State Department denies that it is the case, reports out of the Middle East say that the US has been quietly granting waivers to unfreeze Iranian assets in several countries, meant to allow Iran to buy medicine and equipment for coronavirus.
Iran has been pushing for these sanctions reliefs for weeks to help with the pandemic, and the US has repeatedly rejected the idea. This rejection is likely why the State Department is denying that there has been any change.
At the same time, it makes sense to unfreeze the assets for virus relief. The US has kept those countries sitting on the money for years, but there is little to lose from letting Iran buy medicine with it, and even if publicly denied, it likely will help US-Iran relations.
On the other hand, the US will struggle to keep this a secret, as the countries involved all certainly know about the waivers, and if Iran starts getting medicine, that’s another clear signal that things have changed, even if just temporary.
I seriously doubt US is easing any of the illegal sanctions on Iran. It would be out of character for Trump and his gang, and would most displease Israel.
That’s who they’re trying to keep it a secret from.. The Zios.
“Despite the regime’s disinformation, the truth is that it already has funds available to it to spend on humanitarian trade that would benefit the Iranian people. Instead, it chooses to spend this money on terrorism and proxy groups. The Iranian people deserve better.”
We say this while Trump says this: “Their economy is crashing,” Trump said in July.
Where in the hell are they getting the “funds…to spend on humanitarian trade”?
The US is lying, as usual.
While state denies…
State is so controlled by the rabid think tanks and prob still some soros holdovers, they cannot be found to be acting with common sense and humanity towards Iran. Gad, what a mess.
A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday that Washington continues to block Iranian assets needed to purchase medicines and equipment to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
The official made the remarks in response to some reports claiming that Washington had granted waivers to some countries allowing them to release frozen Iranian assets to help Tehran buy urgent medical supplies.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/03/28/621803/coronavirus-Iran-US-sanctions-Foreign-Ministry-Jahangiri-Mousavi
In these COVID-19 pandemic times, even more people around the world will see and witness the ugly face of the US and its vassal countries.
The US is truly an evil empire.
What happens when Netanyahu finds out?
That’s a very valid question, Chris. What if Nutty&Yahoo does find out? He and DJT have been at odds since January, 2017 anyway, Even though he scrapped the New Nuclear Deal that his predecessor, BHO, had signed – along with 5 other countries – DJT has been negotiating with his Iranian counterpart – Hassan Rouhani – for over 3 years behind the scenes.
Nutty&Yahoo’s in deep trouble, now that his rival – Benny Gantz – is forming a new coalition gov., leaving him out. Once that’s done, Israel’s Attorney General can go ahead and prosecute him for bribery and other corruption charges.
Gantz wants to form a national emergency government with Netanyahu.
Without knowing which countries were granted waivers, its hard to tell where this is going.
However, with every economy in the world imploding, including the U.S., trade with Iran must look good. U.S. power of sanction enforcement – being the market of the world no-one wants to be cut out of – has been weakened considerably.
This may be a case of U.S. sanctions waivers being granted in the face of being simply ignored. Such a break could become a stampede.
Iran’s economy is untapped gold, and, a U.S. sanctions war victory simply places them ahead of everyone else. That won’t sit well with everyone.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has once again hit out at the United States for its refusal to lift Iran sanctions amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic, saying that Washington is upgrading its “economic terrorism” to a new level of “medical terror” against Iranians.
“US has gone from sabotage & assassinations to waging an economic war & #EconomicTerrorism on Iranians—to #MedicalTerror amidst #covid19iran,” Zarif said in a post on his official Twitter account on Sunday.
I find this hard to believe, especially since the US just imposed MORE sanctions on Iran. And if they were really doing it I’m sure they’d be bragging about it, not hiding it.
Well thank you for showing a tiny bit of humanity after you’ve starved thousands of innocents. *sarc*