According to a report from Axios, the Trump administration is coordinating with Israel and several Gulf states to slap sanctions on Iran every week until Joe Biden is inaugurated as president on January 20th.
The report was published on Sunday and cites Israeli sources who said the Trump administration plans to make it as difficult as possible for Biden to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. “The goal is to slap as many sanctions as possible on Iran until January 20th,” one source said.
The sanctions will be imposed on Iran for its ballistic missiles program, the Islamic Republic’s support for groups in other countries in the Middle East, and alleged human rights violations.
One source said Trump’s envoy for Iran, Elliot Abrams, said the administration wants to announce a new set of sanctions on Iran every week until January 20th. Speaking to reporters in Israel on Monday, Abrams confirmed the plan for a set of new sanctions but downplayed the idea that they were related to the election.
“We have a maximum pressure sanctions program. If you look at September and October, you will see sanctions being put in place. This will continue in November and December, because it’s unrelated to politics, it’s unrelated to elections. It’s the foreign policy of the US, and it’s based on Iran’s conduct,” Abrams said.
After his visit to Israel, Abrams is expected to visit the UAE and Saudi Arabia to discuss sanctions on Iran.
On Monday, anonymous sources told Reuters that the Trump administration is gearing up to sanction Iranians for their alleged role in violence against demonstrators during protests in the country last year. These sanctions could come as early as next week.
Biden has said he plans to work with Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. But the former vice president will face pressure from hawks in Congress and in Israel to negotiate a tougher deal, something Iran would never agree to without sanctions relief.
Pompeos last farewell gift, a spiteful one at that
We should be doing this to israel not iran and thereby freeing Palestine! BDS!
handala
Israel needs to be not weaned of the American teat but brutally pulled off. It’s is a country that has plenty of $$ -besides all the American money acquired over the years.Their people are highly intelligent and there are plenty of Zionist billionaires that can just buy it up (rather than just fork over $$). Trump needs to get rid of Jared Kushner.
US = Apex of Evil
New sanctions on Syria also.
Sanction Obsession is a complete disease…!
As bad as that is, it is better than going out by doing a bombing attack against Iran and handing Biden (and the American people) a war we didn’t ask for. I’d be relieved if that was all he did but I still would not rule out an attack by that psychopath who is surrounded by other psychopaths.
Abrams “speaking from Israel!” He should stay there, he is an extreme zionist who should not represent the US, he is a shill for Israel as is his boss, Pompeo.
They are both ghouls who are inflicting hardship on Iranian civilians.
Evil Empire
Are Trump and Bibi trying to get another war started before the inauguration?
Trump and Pompeo are two of the most spiteful and evil politicians to have ever walked this earth.