US Congress Panel OKs Tougher Sanctions

In the Senate, lawmakers in both parties are working on similar legislation

Reuters - A congressional committee approved tougher sanctions on Iran on Wednesday, hitting out at Tehran's central bank following an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington. The bipartisan legislation has good prospects for clearing the House of Representatives in the near future. In the Senate, lawmakers in both parties are working on similar legislation, increasing the likelihood that some version will become law >>>


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Fred

Airtight sanctions

by Fred on Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:04 PM PDT

To avoid yet another war the Islamist Rapist Republic (IRR) is hell-bent on imposing on the Iranians, the sane world MUST impose airtight sanctions which include the Central Bank, oil and gas.

The enslaved Iranian people must also be assisted with the needed material help to overthrow their Islamist tyrants, “reformist” and all. Time is running out, much faster please!


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Bavafa

If there was a regime that cared for Iran and Iranians....

by Bavafa on Wed Nov 02, 2011 07:21 PM PDT

It would have its own sanction by refusing/reducing the oil production.  Let them import camels from SA as the cars will be starved for fuel.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad


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Hafez for Beginners

"holiday gift" ??

by Hafez for Beginners on Wed Nov 02, 2011 05:00 PM PDT

There's a quote about hoping this would get passed into law, in time for the "holidays" and as a "holiday gift" - Iran doesn't celebrate Christmas. What an obnoxious statement, sanctioning civilians any where in the world can't be quanitified as a "gift."

Geneva Conventions: Sanctions put civilians on the forefront. There will one day be an ammendment to the Geneva Conventions, outlawing such savage policies. The Geneval Conventions protect civilian casualties of war - no one protected the 500,000 children who died under Sanctions in Iraq. I'm not a lawyer, but hope some of the ones among you who are - can look into changing international laws regarding "sanctions" that only damage the ordinary needing medicine, to get on a safe flight, to do their regular trade to feed their families. This is "draconian" indeed as someone quotes in this article.


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