Breaking News Iranian Militia Group Claims to Have Active Cells in Washington DC: Report
Natalie’s Commentary: This news supports that part of the Iran Nuclear Deal in which Obama granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians.
A senior cleric and member of parliament came forward exposing former President Barack Obama and his administration which granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians, including family members of government officials in direct violation of President’s Trump travel ban which has recently been upheld by the United States Supreme Court.
This was arranged during Iran sanctions in place and there was no vetting or investigating 2,500 Iranians backgrounds. Were these Iranian people specifically tied to terrorism crimes?
During the time, Obama and his administration granted a license letting Iran access the United States financial system despite officials’ pledge that they would prohibit it, according to a draft report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
On February 24, 2016, the Treasury Department issued a specific license to Bank Muscat to authorize the conversion of Iran’s rials to euros through any United States depository institution. All this occurred even after the specific license was issued. U.S. government officials maintained in congressional testimony that Iran would not be granted access to the U.S. financial system.
Senator Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio and subcommittee chairman said, “I think they did so because they were desperate to get a deal.” When the nations involved in the Iran nuclear agreement implemented the deal, Iran had $5.7 billion in assets at Bank Muscat in Muscat, Oman, maintained as Oman rials, according to the subcommittee. Iran wanted access to that money, and using the U.S. financial system to convert it was the most efficient means, even though U.S. sanctions prohibited this from happening.
There were government officials (and who are they?) who tried to convince two U.S. banks to execute the conversion. They both declined, citing the complexity and the unwanted appearance involved in processing an Iranian transaction. ~ Natalie
Now A Telegram channel affiliated with Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq posted in English claiming to have a resistance cell with the capacity to target American troops inside the United States, according to a report.
“The axis of resistance today is stronger than before. Resistance cells are rooted even in America and its capital,” read the alleged social media post, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, which posted a screenshot of the message.
The post, which included a casket containing American soldiers, was made by the Kawtheryoon Electronic Team, a Telegram network that is said to be used by Iranian militia groups and supporters.
The Epoch Times has reached out to the Department of Defense regarding the post’s claims.
The Telegram channel post also claimed that terror factions associated with Iran are growing ever stronger and gaining more support, while it called on U.S. forces to withdraw from not only Iraq, but the Middle East entirely.
The group also appeared to threaten Israel, referring to it as the “Zionist enemy,” saying “I will summarize for you in words only the horror of the south, which is stronger than before, and we have thousands of men like Imad Mughniyeh.” Mughniyeh is believed to have been the Iran-aligned Hezbollah chief of staff in Lebanon.
“Do not think that you and the Americans, by killing Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, will survive the torment of the resistance,” the post added, referring to the Iranian commander and the Iraqi militia commander who were killed in an airstrike last year. “We lie in wait for you evil (sic) and the next thing is worse.”
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Last week, President Joe Biden warned that Iran cannot act with impunity and warned the state to “be careful” when asked what message he was sending the country with the U.S. airstrikes in Syria.
“You can’t act with impunity. Be careful,” Biden told reporters in Texas.
The United States carried out airstrikes authorized by Biden against facilities belonging to Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria on Thursday, in response to rocket attacks against U.S. targets in Iraq.
Tehran has denied being behind recent attacks, whether those in Iraq, against shipping in the Gulf, or on Saudi installations by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.
On Wednesday, rockets were again fired at an Iraqi base that holds U.S. troops, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials. The Pentagon stated the missile defense system at the Al Asad airbase “engaged in defense of our forces” before adding: “We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of the individual who died.”
Reuters contributed to this report.