Biden removed sanctions on Iran missile program

 Washington Free Beacon:

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The Treasury Department on Oct. 8 removed sanctions on Mammut Industrial Group and affiliated entities that were designated by the Trump administration as "key producers and suppliers of military-grade, dual-use goods for Iran’s missile programs." Iran’s ballistic missile program, which is the largest in the Middle East and capable of carrying a nuclear payload, has long been a source of international concern. It was heavily sanctioned prior to the 2015 nuclear agreement and again after former president Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.

The Republican lawmakers—led by Reps. Bryan Steil (R., Wis.), Jim Banks (R., Ind.), and Joe Wilson (R., S.C.)—are demanding the Treasury and State Departments prove that Mammut and its affiliated networks are no longer engaged in sanctionable activity that could aid Iran’s missile development.

"We are committed to investigating all sanctions relief provided to Iran and its allies and working to thwart the regime’s long-range strike capabilities," the lawmakers write, according to a copy of the letter exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. "We would like you to verify that the delisted entities are no longer engaged in sanctionable conduct under U.S. law, we also ask what other steps the U.S. government is taking to impede Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities, which pose a grave risk to U.S. forces, facilities, and personnel in the Middle East, as well as key regional allies like Israel."
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It looks like the lifting of the sanctions will facilitate Iran's goal of developing missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons although the Bidfen officials deny this.  Why anyone would trust the religious bigots who rule Iran and who believe that lying is religiously permissible against those they see as enemies is a mystery.  It is also hard to comprehend why any sane person would want to get back into Obama's bad deal with Iran on nuclear weapons.  The Middle East was a much safer place under Trump whose sanctioned thwarted the bigots' genocidal ambitions. 

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