Monday, March 28, 2016

"Obama Admin to Waive Counter-Terror Measures to Aid Iran"

Free Beacon:  Congress last year tightened restrictions on the Visa Waiver Program, which facilitates travel between the United States and 38 other partner countries, to ensure that individuals from Iran and other countries with a terrorist footprint do not enter the United States without first obtaining a visa.
Top Iranian officials objected to the new counter-terror measures, saying that they would harm Iranian business interests and could force the Islamic Republic to walk away from the recently implemented nuclear agreement.
Secretary of State John Kerry wrote to Iranian leaders in December to assure them the Obama administration would waive the regulations, a move that was enforced by DHS earlier this week.
“The administration has the authority to waive” the counter-terrorism measures and will ensure they do not “interfere with legitimate business interests of Iran,” Kerry wrote to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
Iran, according to the U.S. government, is the world's most active sponsor of state terrorism

5 comments:

edutcher said...

OK, IS blows up half of Western Europe and the Choom Gang wants to make the crazies all warm and fuzzy.

The Trump administration can't get here soon enough.

deborah said...

Prediction: if Trump gets in he will play patty-cake with Iran.

Trooper York said...

Right Debbie. Patty cake.

Boy you anti-trump people are getting sillier and sillier.

MamaM said...

And what does "patty-caking" involve?

Leland said...

Advise the writer should take: Please don't label me.