White House might not invoke laws triggering new sanctions.
The Obama administration has the power to sanction key Russian arms sales to Iran, but has so far abstained from exercising this right under U.S. law, prompting some in Congress to question whether the administration is “acquiescing” to the arms sales in order to appease Iran, according to conversations with sources and recent congressional correspondence to the White House exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
President Barack Obama has the authority under U.S. law to designate as illegal Russia’s contested sale to Iran of the S-300 missile system, an advanced long-range weapon that would boost the Islamic Republic’s regional military might.
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WNU Editor: I am sure that countries like Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc. are taking note on what the White House is doing.
4 comments:
Strange and permanent behavior from Obama toward Iran.
Strange and permanent behaviour from the US to Iran and Russia. The nation selling the most arms of all would consider sanctions on what basis...missing out on the action ?
Sound weird. Selling S300 Missle is not violating any law including UN Arms embargo. So why in the article it is referred as "illegal"?
Not much they can do, the Russians don't really care, their strong enough to do what ever they want.
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