Families of victims of the September 11th attacks have asked the US government to seize Iranian oil that might be on a US-owned ship in Asia.
Even though Iran had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks, a US court has ordered Tehran to pay out more than $3 billion to the families of 9/11 victims. The ruling doesn’t make much sense since nobody has ever seriously accused Iran of being behind the attacks.
But the families are still seeking the money, and since Iran would never voluntarily pay, they are asking the US to seize and sell the Iranian oil.
The oil tanker Suez Rajan is under federal investigation for allegedly carrying oil placed on the ship by the National Iranian Oil Co. and the National Iranian Tanker Corp, which are both under US sanctions. The 9/11 families submitted a court filing on Thursday night asking for the oil to be taken.
The court filing comes not long after President Biden moved to take money from Afghanistan to give to 9/11 families. Biden ordered $3.5 billion of frozen Afghan government reserves to be made available to 9/11 families through lawsuits.
Like Iran, the people of Afghanistan had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks. Afghanistan happened to be where Osama bin Laden was based at the time of the attacks, and the Taliban even offered to turn him over to the Bush administration in 2001.
Stealing Iranian oil is nothing new for the US, so it’s possible that the government complies with the court order. Although negotiations between the US and Iran to revive the nuclear deal appear to be close to concluding, and if the US moves to seize the oil, it could hamper the process.
How many times are 9/11 families going to get paid ?
American Justice find who has money and take it.
And how many Iranians were involved in 9/11..? Oh that’s right, zero. They were all Saudi’s.
My thought also
Actually, 9-11 was an inside job.
I think it was purposeful incompetence. But the “official” story does tell us the Saudis were certainly involved so either way the US hypocrisy once again rears its ugly head.
An inside/outside job.
There were probably no Arabs or Iranians involved.
Well,some people did hijack the planes, and you can rest assured that Israelis are unlikely to sacrifice their own lives. A few Arab criminals were responsible.
I doubt it.
It may not make sense but Iran was implicated in court through Hezbollah-Al Qaida links.
How believable and provable that is… is another matter.
https://cis.org/Court-Iran-Hezbollah-partly-responsible-911
Right, Shiite Hezbollah is working with Salafist Sunnis… Tell me another. Meaningless BS.
As if there’s any real reason to believe bin Laden was involved either
Bin Laden was likely a turned-and-burned asset of the CIA.
Civil cases have a lower standard of evidence, apparently.
Involvement of an Israeli ‘journalist’ with links to Israeli intel is kind of a giveaway there are problems with the facts.
However, if a US court says that’s the legal reality in the US, then that’s the legal reality in the US.
Hey, I’ve been robbed! Where is our daily dose of “the JCPOA is almost a done deal, we just need the US to agree!”? š
I am one of those families and Iām totally against this because Iran didnāt have anything to do with The Crime of September 11,2001. I joined the Organization around 10 years or so, ago but I dropped out after 3 or 4 years because of it.
This seems rather greedy, since Biden has stolen $7 billion from the devastated abandoned Afghanistan which he claims is to share with these victims of “9ā11”.
Why not Venezuela’s oil too?
Wait for it….
does this issue have anything to do with the israel lobby in the u.s.?
Only Americans have the gall, American exceptionalism, to demand such a thing?
Heck, we are plundering Syria’s oil and we stole Afghanistan’s money while their people are starving why not go after somebody else? Iran, Venezuela….Its the rules based order: do as I say, not as I do
All news is from The Onion these days.
Iām sick and tired of hearing about ā9/11 victimsā.
Why are they somehow more deserving of payments than the victims of ANY tragedy? Especially since 9/11 was NOT perpetrated the way the Amerikkkan government wants us to believe?
Do some serious research. Amerikkka will steal money and assets from our non-allies any way and for any supposed reason that it can.
“Although negotiations between the US and Iran to revive the nuclear deal appear to be close to concluding, and if the US moves to seize the oil, it could hamper the process.”
The US calls this “two birds with one stone”.
We are such a compassionate, freedom-loving nation. We really are./s
The below is some fact and some presumption. I leave it to you to assess its credibility.
The suit was filed in NY by the “lawfare” Zionists who use every available mechanism to attack Israel’s adversaries and Iran in particular. The Iranians would not dignify the act of economic warfare with any participation in the legal proceedings, so naturally the NY judge issued a summary judgement for the plaintiffs.
“Even though Iran had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks, a US court has ordered Tehran to pay out more than $3 billion to the families of 9/11 victims.”____ The judge who ruled this is nothing more than a brainwashed, corrupt, and bought-off soul betraying his job ethics for $$$…! A real Judge would rule against Larry Silverstein who took $7 billion from his insurance company for his very own WTC destruction that he ordered to pull…!
You GOT it, Netman!
What kind of families are they ? Mafia linked or street gangs of LA totally doped up now experiencing withdrawal?
Greatest judicial joke of all time. They bar Iran from defending themselves but grant motion in favor of the āplaintiffsā because Iran was a no show at the court.
So when is Saudi oil going to be taken and sold as compensation.
It`s what the US does best stealing is in their DNA.
LOL anything to shift blame from the real perps of 9/11.. The Saudis, Israel and our own US Government; but hey, anything to further engage in piracy and theft
Confiscate Bush and Cheney’ bank accounts.