Rudy Giuliani should be able to get higher speaking fees from the MEK, as Individual-1 tries to foment unrest in Iran by targeting their leadership. This continuing attempt at regime change is likely not to bring back the Shah, but distractions are needed from that drone shootdown and Trump’s dithering about retaliation.
With tensions running high between the two countries, Trump signed an executive order imposing the sanctions, which U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said would lock billions of dollars more in Iranian assets.
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“Sanctions imposed through the executive order ... will deny the Supreme Leader and the Supreme Leader’s office, and those closely affiliated with him and the office, access to key financial resources and support,” Trump said.
The sanctions are aimed at denying Iran’s leadership access to financial resources, blocking them from using the United States financial system or having access to any assets in the United States.
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Props for the Chinese Navy