Russia and China voted to veto a draft resolution earlier this month that sought to protect freedom of navigation and maritime security in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has intensified pressure on Iran’s illicit oil transportation infrastructure
The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
The success of the U.S. military created the leverage necessary for President Trump and his team to engage in tough negotiations that have now created an opening for long-term peace in the Middle East.
"The Iranian regime sought to rebuild their nuclear program at a totally different location, making clear they had no intention of abandoning their pursuit of nuclear weapons.”
As part of its war on terrorism, the United States is targeting key operatives of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, a Yemen-based affiliate of the core al-Qaida terrorist organization and its most active ally.
"This is an individual who organized group protests that not only disrupted college campus classes and harassed Jewish American students and made them feel unsafe," said White House Press Secretary Leavitt.
“The United States remains committed to defending women, children, and families from ideological extremism,” said Acting U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council at UN Shrier.
“Iran’s brazen use of transnational criminal organizations and narcotics traffickers underscores the regime’s attempt to achieve its aims through any means,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
The fate of those who instigated the Anfal campaign and killed thousands of innocents in Halabja, should serve as a warning to others who follow in their murderous footsteps.
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