{"id":1927772,"date":"2023-05-10T01:11:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-wont-let-authorities-seize-sanctioned-iranian-oil-tankers\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T01:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T05:14:36","slug":"biden-admin-wont-let-authorities-seize-sanctioned-iranian-oil-tankers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-wont-let-authorities-seize-sanctioned-iranian-oil-tankers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden won&#8217;t allow seizure of Iranian oil tankers under sanctions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-wont-let-authorities-seize-sanctioned-iranian-oil-tankers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Lawmakers Accuse White House of Undermining Sanctions Regime<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden administration is facing criticism from lawmakers who claim that it is hindering efforts to seize ships carrying sanctioned Iranian oil, thereby enabling the hardline regime to fund its terrorist activities. The Department of Homeland Security has been unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-wont-let-authorities-seize-sanctioned-iranian-oil-tankers\/\" title=\"Biden won't allow seizure of Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">oil tankers<\/a> under sanctions.&#8221;>seize tankers carrying sanctioned oil<\/a> for a year due to &#8220;policy limitations&#8221; enacted by the Treasury Department. This has contributed to a 35% increase in Iranian oil exports over the past year, according to a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are demanding that the Biden administration rectify its contradictory approach.<\/p>\n<h3>Bipartisan Support for Sanctions Enforcement<\/h3>\n<p>A group of 12 senators, led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), wrote to President Joe Biden in April, stating that &#8220;United States sanctions should be enforced to the fullest extent of the law.&#8221; The senators argue that as Iranian oil sales continue to rise, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continues to target US citizens and service members, it is imperative that all available government assets are used to limit the activities of the Iranian regime. The bipartisan support for the letter signals that members of both parties are increasingly frustrated by the Biden administration\u2019s soft approach towards Tehran.<\/p>\n<h3>Iran&#8217;s Terrorism Enterprise<\/h3>\n<p>Crude oil is a primary source of revenue for Iran\u2019s hardline regime, funding its massive regional terrorism enterprise helmed by the IRGC, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-group-accuses-new-york-times-reporter-of-pro-iran-bent\/\" title=\"Activist Group Accuses New York Times Reporter of Pro-Iran Bent\">paramilitary fighting force<\/a> that has killed hundreds of Americans. The Biden administration has only imposed eight sanctions on Iran, a significant downswing from the dozens imposed during the Trump administration. Iran has mostly disregarded these sanctions, selling its historically cheap oil everywhere from China to Syria and into Latin America. Lawmakers say Iran can only be deterred through strict sanctions enforcement that directly confronts Iran.<\/p>\n<h3>White House&#8217;s Misguided Diplomacy<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Ernst says the White House\u2019s misguided diplomacy puts Americans at risk. &#8220;Enforcing these sanctions actually hits the Iranian regime where it hurts: their own wallets lined with oil money that funds terrorist activities against Americans both abroad and in the homeland,&#8221; Ernst told the Washington Free Beacon. &#8220;That requires empowering our federal agents to enforce the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Failure to Support HSI&#8217;s Iranian Oil Seizure and Disruption Operations<\/h3>\n<p>While the Homeland Security seizures unit has been allocated millions in funding, the administration has chosen not to spend this money, according to the lawmakers. &#8220;The failure to support HSI\u2019s Iranian oil seizure and disruption operations \u2026 despite available funds, is a policy choice that must be reversed,&#8221; they wrote. The Biden administration\u2019s stance also hinders victims of Iranian terrorism. Since 2019, the United States has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caruzo-potential-biden-oil-deal-angers-venezuelans-across-the-political-spectrum-except-for-the-socialist-opposition\/\" title=\"CARUZO \u2013 Potential Biden Oil Deal Angers Venezuelans Across the Political Spectrum, Except for the Socialist \u2018Opposition\">sold oil<\/a> from seized Iranian ships and invested the profits in a fund for American victims of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is unacceptable that a U.S. government program, which makes the United States and its allies safer, provides funds to remediate the victims of terrorism, and generates income for the United States in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-revives-obama-broadband-boondoggle\/\" title=\"Biden Revives Obama Broadband Boondoggle\">cost-effective manner<\/a> has been allowed to languish,&#8221; the lawmakers noted in their letter. Iran, meanwhile, has stepped up its terrorism operations in international waters, seizing two oil tankers at the end of April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House is undermining its own sanctions regime, lawmakers say Iranian navy ship \/ Wikimedia Commons The Biden administration is blocking authorities from seizing ships carrying sanctioned Iranian oil,\u00a0a move lawmakers say helps fund the hardline regime&#8217;s terrorist activities. 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