Recent threats of terrorist bombings inside US borders made its way to the surface of public consciousnesses this week as media outlets began reporting an incredulous plot of the part of the Iranian Ayatollah to kill the Iranian Ambassador on American soil.
Speculations began to rise with the increasing rise in awareness to the event – especially once more reports began coming in filled with a sprinkle of false flag fever. Yesterday, the Obama Administration sanctioned an Iranian Airline for sponsoring terrorism, something they stated was absolutely not tolerable in the states. Vice President Joe Biden insisted that the Iranian Government will have to be held accountable, according to The New York Post. Also set to be sanctioned was a major Iranian port operator, Tidewater Middle-East Co.
The Treasury Department has made allegations against Iran’s second largest airline stating they had evidence of the Tehran-based airline Iran Air “secretly ferrying operatives, weapons and funds on its flights.” Pentagon Captain John Perry has stated that the issue should be handled in a judiciary and diplomatic means in direct opposition to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her address to other leaders about imposing even more sanctions on Iran due to the recent events.
The current sanctions being placed on Iran Air inhibits American citizens and businesses from using this airline as well as freezing any assets it has in the United States. According to CBS News, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., told the New York Times on Wednesday she would be sponsoring legislation that would make it more difficult for a president to waive congressionally approved sanctions even in the name of protecting American interests.
Other representatives have also come forward with questions pertaining to the President’s decision to issue the sanction on Iran Air. From CBS News:
Meanwhile, former Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Thursday accused the president of having lost a significant opportunity to spur change in U.S. relations with Iran when he chose not to side with Iranian protestors in 2008.
“We should have supported them and they could have overthrown the government then,” the Arizona Republican said. “I think if we had supported the demonstrators at the time it could have meant a significant change in the government of Iran.”
While some other sources have identified the legislative portions of the issue, The Washington Post chose to examine another important aspect of the recent situation involving Iran:
“Olli Heinonen, who until last year headed the safeguards department for the International Atomic Energy Agency, told a congressional committee that Iran’s nuclear program was proceeding despite the recent Middle-East turmoil and “maybe even accelerated.”
“This risk of proliferation triggered by an Iranian success in achieving nuclear weapons in as enormous red line to cross, and we should not underestimate it,” Heinonen said. “It’s not simply a question of one country getting nuclear weapons. It’s a risk of half a dozen nuclear weapon states in the Middle East in very short order thereafter.”