FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jamal Abdi
Phone: 202-386-6408
Email: [email protected]
Washington, DC – NIAC Vice President for Policy Jamal Abdi issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s designation of the governor and a senior official of the Central Bank of Iran:
“Today’s move shows clearly that the Trump administration intends to strong-arm the world into compliance with its march to war and is willing to risk a global financial crisis to do so. Trump is now engaged in an effort to bully the international community into complying with renewed U.S. sanctions rather than sustaining the nuclear agreement that the U.S. helped to negotiate and endorsed through the UN Security Council.
“As European governments are desperately trying to save the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Trump Administration is attempting to shock European companies to pull out of the Iranian economy. If successful, Trump will fully dismantle the accord – including freeing Iran’s nuclear program from the significant constraints and inspections currently in place.This abuse of the secondary sanctions tool increases the likelihood that Iran will join the U.S. in abandoning the accord, leading to an escalation towards war.
“The Trump administration has made painfully clear to Congress, the Europeans and other international actors that it does not value their cooperation or partnership. It is up to the U.S. Congress, European countries and others to take measures now to preserve the JCPOA and prevent Trump from escalating towards war with Iran.”