US seizes nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian oil allegedly bound for China | CNN Politics
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The US government seized nearly 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil allegedly bound for China, according to newly unsealed court documents and a statement released by the Department of Justice on Friday.
  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    176·
    10 months ago

    This but unironically.

    The court filings also show allegations that “profits from oil sales support the IRGC’s full range of malign activities, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, support for terrorism and both domestic and international human rights abuses.”

    • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
      711·
      10 months ago

      Remember Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction?

      • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
        105·
        10 months ago

        Yes. Also that has no relevance here.

        Are you suggesting the Iranian government is not a hell state that deserves sanctions?

        • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
          66·
          10 months ago

          Plenty of hell states deserve sanctions, including the US. Being a hell state isn’t a criterion for sanctions. You’re just parroting US propaganda which pretends human rights are why it applies sanctions when in reality that is the last thing on their mind.

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            51·
            10 months ago

            So you agree they deserve sanctions and this is a good thing.

            Why are you arguing?

            • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
              33·
              10 months ago

              I said “Being a hell state isn’t a criterion for sanctions.” Sanctions don’t work the way you think they do. They don’t actually punish the people who make hell states the hell states that they are. If they did, then the hell state that would be among those that deserve it the most would be the USA. Do you agree with this?

              • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                32·
                10 months ago

                No, but whether or not I agree the US should be sanctioned is not relevant here.

                • hark@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  33·
                  10 months ago

                  Cool, because being a “hell state” is not relevant for sanctions.

                  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    32·
                    10 months ago

                    Iran’s government is the reason we sanctioned Iran.

          • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            I’m unaware of a pending invasion of Iran, and I think it’s about a year late for the kind of intervention I’d have liked to see.

            The Iranian government has no right to exist, and should absolutely be overthrown, though.