Editorial: More Deceit Uncovered in Iran Deal
June 6, 2018 10:27 AM
In short, the administration lied.
On Wednesday morning, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), led by Sentor Rob Portman, released a majority report reviewing the Obama administration’s communications and financial maneuverings with Iranian officials at the time of the Iran nuclear deal. The report, “Review of U.S. Treasury Department’s License to Convert Iranian Assets Using the U.S. Financial System,†reveals in fuller detail the duplicitous ways in which Obama administration sold the agreement.
As part of the Iran Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), according to the testimony of several Obama-era officials including its Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Iran was to be denied access to the U.S. dollar and the U.S. banking system. The administration’s message was clear, both before and after the deal’s signing: Iran would not be given access to the U.S. financial system. Yet the administration circumvented its own stated policy.
https://www.weeklystandard.com/the-editors/senate-report-shows-obama-administration-lied-about-iran
