Joint Egyptian-Iranian Islamic Bank Helps Iran Skirt Sanctions
The excellent Jonathan Schanzer explains the double-game that Egypt, a nation that receives billions of dollars of US foreign aid, is playing to enable Iranian treachery and aggression…. If you ever...
View ArticleGermany Allows Iranian Financial Jihadists to Operate Openly, Despite US...
Germany is resisting international pressure to freeze the activities of an Iranian-owned bank based in Hamburg that U.S. officials say provides the financial lifeblood for some of Iran’s blacklisted...
View ArticleIran Continues to Export Carpet to the US in Violation of Sanctions
US and international sanctions against Iran have long been regarded as something of a joke by many observers. The idea that the US has had tough, tight economic sanctions against Iran has largely been...
View ArticleUN Monitoring Group to Call for Sanctions Against Al Shabaab
The United Nations special envoy for Somalia says a Security Council-appointed monitoring group will recommend sanctions against the al-Qaida linked militant group al-Shabaab....
View ArticleEuropean Union Widens Syria Sanctions
The European Union widened sanctions against Syria in a push to end a violent crackdown on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, adding 18 people including senior military and intelligence officials...
View ArticleWestern sanctions on Iran finally hit UAE-based businesses
Perhaps if the UAE hadn’t looked the other way on so many dual-use imports into Iran for years and years, they wouldn’t be under so much pressure today. With the imposition of the latest international...
View ArticleUS government: Al Qaeda Faces Severe Financial Strain Due To Sanctions
We’re usually rather skeptical of these claims that sanctions are impacting known terrorists, but there may be some truth to this report. On the other hand, the system of zakat going to Islamic...
View ArticleDepository Trust and Clearing Corporation sides with Iran over fallen U.S....
Judson Phillips over on Tea Party Nation has an important story up today. A U.S. court found Iran responsible for the 1983 Beirut Marine Barracks bombing that killed 241 Marines, soldiers and sailors....
View ArticleUS Treasury Claims Sanctions Hitting Al Qaeda Hard
The US Treasury claims that its targeted sanctions program is hitting Al Qaeda and rogue nations, such as Iran, hard. We’ve no doubt that Iran, the world’s most active state sponsor of terrorism, has...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank: Another Western Promoter of Shariah Under Investigation for...
First it was HSBC, which was fined $1 billion for knowingly looking the other way on transactions involving Iran. Then it was Standard Chartered, which was fined $340 million. Now it’s Deutsche Bank’s...
View ArticleShariah-promoting, Iran-shilling Standard Chartered Bank Faces Lawsuit from...
Recently we reported that Standard Chartered bank had been fined hundreds of millions of dollars for conducting transactions with Iran, the world’s foremost sponsor of Jihadist terrorism:...
View ArticleUS Imposes Sanctions on Eight Lashkar e Taiba leaders
The US Treasury Department has designated eight leaders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as terrorists and placed sanctions on them, holding them accountable for the Mumbai attacks in 2008, and attacks on...
View ArticleU.S. Treasury Sanctions Hezbollah Leaders for Support for Syria
The Treasury Department announced on Thursday, September 13 additional sanctions against Hezbollah’s leadership in Lebanon for its support of the Syrian Assad regime. The obvious question here is: WHY...
View ArticleAppeasement on Parade: U.S. Treasury Targets Hezbollah Commander With...
In a move that illustrates the incredible weakness of US counterterrorism efforts, the US Treasury, in what can only be described as a cynical gesture, has “triumphantly” announced sanctions against a...
View ArticleTurkey Helping Iran Avoid Sanctions Through Gold Transactions
Iran is one of the world leaders in Shariah-compliant finance. Iran is also the world leader in Jihadist terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This is, of course, no...
View ArticleUS Treasury Blacklists Al Qaeda-linked Jihadist Rebels in Syria
The US has blacklisted an Al Qaeda-linked rebel group in Syria, declaring that “extremists” could play no role in building a future for the Syrian people. The move against the Al Nusra Front came as...
View ArticleDubai traders seeking to restart Iran trade
Up until the past couple of years, the number one export destination from Dubai was Iran. International sanctions have cut into that trade drastically and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce isn’t happy...
View ArticleUS Treasury Department: Iran Partially Evading Sanctions
Despite onerous sanctions that have basically shut Iran out of the global financial system, the country is still finding some ways to bypass them, the Treasury Department said Thursday, describing...
View ArticleU.S. Treasury warns banks to guard against Iranian activity
Iran is desperate to get access to foreign currencies, particularly dollars and euros, and is exploiting weak spots in the global financial system in an effort to move funds and evade economic...
View ArticleIran’s Sanctions-Evading Methods
“The practices involve the use of third-country exchange houses or trading companies that are acting as money transmitters to process funds transfers through the United States in support of business...
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