Reuters: Obama Signs Exec Order Blocking All Assets Of Iranian Gov't Held In U.S.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/06/us-iran-usa-assets-urgent-idUSTRE81519Q20120206

Obama signs executive order freezing Iran

WASHINGTON | Mon Feb 6, 2012 10:39am EST

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Monday imposing new, stricter sanctions on Iran and its central bank, saying a broader asset freeze was necessary because Iranian banks were concealing transactions.

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The executive order, described as a further step in the U.S. effort to isolate Iran, prevents any assets deemed to be in U.S. control - including foreign branches of American banks - from being transferred, paid, exported or withdrawn.

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@Reuters: FLASH: Obama signs executive order blocking all assets of the Iranian government, including central bank held in the United States.

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8 minutes ago by Thomson Reuters
OBAMA SAYS ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WERE WARRANTED IN LIGHT OF DECEPTIVE PRACTICES OF IRAN CENTRAL BANK AND OTHER IRANIAN BANKS TO CONCEAL TRANSACTIONS
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[xchrom]

1. So there. Nt

[Historic NY]

2. Will that also include the Koch Bros ill gotten gain from its business relationships....

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer-with-secret-iran-sales.html

[RKP5637]

3. What a blight on humanity the Koch Bros are ...

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. Man, those whistleblowers at Koch will need to watch their backs.

Thanks for the link. Disturbing (but not surprising) stuff!

[Kolesar]

7. Wow. That's like reading a history book

It took a lot of pages to document the horrors of the Koch brothers.

[lindysalsagal]

12. I read that Romeny holds Iranian stocks......

If that's true, some of his money just dried up. Let's have a bake sale for the poor lad.

[DippyDem]

28. No wonder the Kochs are pouring their own money into the SuperPacs! N/T

[woo me with science]

5. Here we go.

Predictable as hell.

[DUIC]

6. Obama is proving to be better at foreign affairs than any of the Republican Candidates

I wonder how Romney will spin this? "Obama is being too soft on Iran because he did not go out and spend the money"?

[JDPriestly]

11. That is certain. There is no way any Republican can measure

up to Obama on foreign affairs.

[kickysnana]

8. The one from the 1980's isn't working?

Jesus is coming. Look busy.

[The Northerner]

9. What happened to extending a hand to Iran?

And when have sanctions ever been successful?

[MNBrewer]

10. Extending the back of a hand, I guess.

*sigh*

[Robb]

13. South Africa. (nt)

[DUIC]

15. The dog sometimes bites the extended hand

South African sanctions has changed the course of Africa. Sanctions can work, but require consistency.

[fujiyama]

18. He did when he first came to office

The Iranian government never reciprocated.

[24601]

14. Boy, Ron Paul is going to be pissed when he finds out - after all, he claims Iran is just as

entitled to nukes as the US. Gotta go with Pres Obama on this one.

[octothorpe]

20. While less nukes are always good, I'm not sure I understand why Iran is less entitled to nukes than

any other country.

[24601]

23. Might be their vow to wipe Israel off the map n/t

[octothorpe]

24. Well we should be making sure they don't get erasers then....

No ahem... Here in the US we actually have politicians advocating striking Iran. Israel is doing it too. There are people in the US government talking seriously about attacking Iran. And considering our track record with Iran's neighbors, it's not exactly far fetched. So I'm not following why we're allowed to discuss taking out countries and still have nuclear weapons, but Iran is totally not allowed to.


I'd still rather Iran not have nuclear weapons, but I don't think we hold any moral high ground here. And to be perfectly honest, I can't blame them for wanting to develop nuclear weapons. Put yourself in their shoes.. Although, this is even assuming they truly are developing nuclear weapons. Aren't several groups saying they scraped most of their nuclear weapons programs? I know the US and some others are saying that's not the case, but it's difficult to take them at their word considering the whole Iraq fiasco.

[kenfrequed]

25. And don't forget Saudi Arabia

They too have an axe to grind against Iran. Several times Saudi Arabia has been pressuring us to strike Iran militarily. As much as many people want to believe that Israel is the voice we listen to in the region, the Saudi's have a hell of a lot more sway with us due to their control of the largest oil fields in the world.

Really there is almost no military reason to strike Iran. Iran would not be stupid enough to get into a conflict with Israel with nuclear weapons. It would be suicide. A nuclear strike on the US would have similar results.

Iran wants respect and though this is an idiotic way of going about it they are aware that possessing nuclear weaponry puts you in a different place diplomatically.

[nanabugg]

16. This will work more against the GOP stock holders of Iranian assets than Iran. nt

[Hotler]

17. How about signing an executive order seizing the assets .....

of the Wall St. banksters. Oh! I forgot. You said they didn't do anything illegal. Never mind.

[Tx4obama]

21. We are in The USA, not Cuba. n/t

[Johnson20]

26. Or Venezuela. n/t

[fujiyama]

19. I see nothing wrong with this

This is what the US should have done to the Saudi Arabian government after 9/11.

[Art_from_Ark]

22. The Saudi Arabian government

You mean, like Crown Prince Abdullah, Dubya's hand-holding and kissing partner?
Or the Saudi royal Family, oilmen after bu$h and Cheney's own hearts?

[24601]

27. You really gotta distinguish the difference between state and non-state actions. The Saudis who

carried out the 9-11 attacks oppose the Saudi government. So we reward the attackers by attacking their enemies? Shit, why not just attack Tibet, after all, they are tied to China?