Iran’s $100 Million Aid to Hamas and Islamic Jihad

Iran gives out about $100 million each year to Hamas and Islamic Jihad — and that’s only a drop in the bucket of the money that’s siphoned by regime leaders for terror-tied reasons.

No wonder citizens are starving and protesting wildly in the streets. All the country’s money gone to fight jihad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SA8ZpvVNKo

On an annual basis, Hezbollah, for instance, gets about $1 billion from the country’s budget.

More from Ynet News:

The scope of Iran’s aid to the Gaza Strip comes into light as the civil protest against the regime in the Islamic Republic grows stronger amid the grave economic crisis in the country, which is expected to be exacerbated when American sanctions come into effect.

Iran transfers $100 million every year to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the two main Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip. The money is divided as follows: $70 million is transferred to Hamas, while Islamic Jihad gets $30 million. The vast majority of this money is used by the two organizations to further bolster their military wings, instead of aiding the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.

While this is indeed a high sum of money, it is only a tenth of the annual budget that Iran transfers to Hezbollah, which is on average $1 billion annually.

Over the past year, however, Iran’s budget for the Lebanese Shi’ite organization was reduced to only $800 million due to the economic crisis it is suffering from, but the budget for the Gaza Strip remained unchanged.

Since the Hamas leadership changed in the last elections, the pro-Iranian faction in the organization, which is led by Deputy Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri and the military wing’s leadership, has grown in power and influence.

And while the pro-Iranian faction in Hamas grows strong, Egypt is putting all its weight on Hamas and Fatah to implement the reconciliation agreement they signed.

Inside Palestinian sources told Ynet that there has been a power struggle inside Hamas in recent weeks between the pro-Iranian faction and the moderate faction. According to the sources, the moderate faction wants to move ahead with the reconciliation process, while the pro-Iranian faction, led by al-Arouri, is opposed to the reconciliation with Fatah, believing it will weaken Hamas’s control over the Gaza Strip.

Al-Arouri arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in an effort to resolve the internal strife within the organization in future discussions between him and Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar over the reconciliation process and the negotiations for a long-term ceasefire with Israel.

One of the disputed issues regarding the ceasefire agreement is Hamas’s continued military buildup. For Hamas, this appears to be a critical matter in light of recent flare-ups in the Gaza Strip, which included extensive Israeli attacks.

Ynet has learned that in the latest series of attacks, the Israeli Air Force destroyed Hamas’s naval capabilities, primarily sabotaging the organization’s elite naval commando force. Hamas has placed high hopes on this force—wishing to maintain its element of surprise, so it can be used in the next round of fighting, as a replacement to Hamas’s offensive tunnels capability, which will be rendered useless because of Israel’s underground wall project along the Gaza border.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday announced his decision to again halt the transfer of fuel and gas into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing because of the continued launches of incendiary balloons at Israel.

While Hamas did order its fighters to stop sending incendiary balloons, it also decreed that only children under the age of 14 are allowed to participate in this activity, and that it would be carried out only from urban residential areas, to make it difficult for the IDF to attack these children squads for fear of intenational criticism.

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felix1999

5 years ago

Trump is putting the screws to Iran 🙂

President Trump Reinstates Phase-1 of Iran Sanctions…
Posted on August 6, 2018 by sundance

Today the White House ends the initial 90-day period for the JCPOA withdrawal, and reveals the structure of the reinstatement of U.S. sanctions against Iran.

White House: REIMPOSING TOUGH SANCTIONS: President Donald J. Trump’s Administration is taking action to reimpose sanctions lifted under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

♦President Trump made clear when he ended United States participation in the JCPOA that his Administration would be reimposing tough sanctions on the Iranian regime.

♦In connection with the withdrawal from the JCPOA, the Administration laid out two wind-down periods of 90 days and 180 days for business activities in or involving Iran.

♦Consistent with President Trump’s decision, the Administration will be reimposing specified sanctions after August 6, the final day of the 90-day wind-down period.

On August 7, sanctions will be reimposed on:

•The purchase or acquisition of United States bank notes by the Government of Iran.
•Iran’s trade in gold and other precious metals.
•Graphite, aluminum, steel, coal, and software used in industrial processes.
•Transactions related to the Iranian rial.
•Activities relating to Iran’s issuance of sovereign debt
•Iran’s automotive sector.

The remaining sanctions will be reimposed on November 5, including sanctions on:

•Iran’s port operators and energy, shipping, and shipbuilding sectors.
•Iran’s petroleum-related transactions.
•Transactions by foreign financial institutions with the Central Bank of Iran.

The Administration will also relist hundreds of individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft that were previously included on sanctions lists.

♦ ENSURING FULL ENFORCEMENT: President Trump will continue to stand up to the Iranian regime’s aggression, and the United States will fully enforce the reimposed sanctions.

The Iranian regime has exploited the global financial system to fund its malign activities.
The regime has used this funding to support terrorism, promote ruthless regimes, destabilize the region, and abuse the human rights of its own people.
The Trump Administration intends to fully enforce the sanctions reimposed against Iran, and those who fail to wind down activities with Iran risk severe consequences.
Since the President announced his decision on May 8 to withdraw from the JCPOA, the Administration has sanctioned 38 Iran-related targets in six separate actions.

♦ PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: The JCPOA was defective at its core and failed to guarantee the safety of the American people.

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran deal upheld his highest obligation: to protect the safety and security of the American people.
The Iranian regime only grew more aggressive under the cover of the JCPOA and was given access to more resources to pursue its malign activities.
The regime continues to threaten the United States and our allies, exploit the international financial system, and support terrorism and foreign proxies.
The Administration is working with allies to bring pressure on the Iranian regime to achieve an agreement that denies all paths to a nuclear weapon and addresses other malign activities.

Read the Statement from President Trump
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-reimposition-united-states-sanctions-respect-iran/

Read the full Text of the Executive Order
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-reimposing-certain-sanctions-respect-iran/

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/08/06/president-trump-reinstates-phase-1-of-iran-sanctions/#more-152603

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felix1999

5 years ago

Oh my!
Iran is caving already!

Rouhani Open To Talks With U.S. As Iranian Economy Collapses In Face Of U.S. Sanctions
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 12:46 PM PT — Mon. August 6, 2018

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani recently responded to President Trump’s offer to get back to the negotiating table.

In his address Monday, Rouhani said the Islamic Republic is open to negotiations if the U.S. is “sincere.”

Rouhani’s statement comes after President Trump said future talks with Iran will depend on if the country is willing to negotiate a new nuclear deal.

President Trump has also suggested the new negotiations could produce a strict and verifiable nuclear deal with Iran.

“So I believe in meeting — I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” stated President Trump. “If we could work something out that’s meaningful, not the waste of paper that the other deal was, I would certainly be willing to meet.”

Meanwhile, hardliners in Tehran are opposed to the idea of talks with the U.S. despite the collapsing Iranian economy.

The country’s foreign minister dismissed the idea, saying the U.S. cannot be trusted.

http://www.oann.com/rouhani-open-to-talks-with-u-s-as-iranian-economy-collapses-in-face-of-u-s-sanctions/

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IzlamDownpressesHumanity

5 years ago

How much of that $100 million came from the billions the 0mahdi gave to Iran (spit)?

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R. Arandas

5 years ago

Ugh…while their own people protest and starve. What a cruel government, I hope it joins Stalin and Hitler’s regimes in the dustbin of history, and very soon.

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