How China’s dollars enable Iran to financially back Hamas

IRAN IS CONSIDERED AN “ENERGY SUPERPOWER.”

RICH IN OIL –

WITH **ONE MAJOR CONSUMER.

IT WAS IRAN’S DOLLARS USED TO FUND HAMAS’ ATTACK ON ISRAEL –

BUT IT’S **CHINA WHERE IRAN LARGELY GETS ITS MONEY.

BECAUSE OF CHINA’S BACKING AND AN EASING OF U.S. SANCTIONS –

IRAN’S FINANCES ARE HEALTHY.

SO IS THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TERROR GROUPS RECEIVE FROM THE REGIME.

 THIS GRAPH USED BY “THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE” SHOWS THE ACCELERATED DEPENDENCE IRAN’S ECONOMY HAS ON THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

IN 20-17 –

IRAN WAS EXPORTING ITS OIL TO MANY NATIONS.

BY 2023 – IT’S OIL INDUSTRY BECAME SOLELY RELIANT ON CHINA.

WITH 91 PERCENT OF ITS OIL SHIPPED THERE.

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS –

EXPORTS TO CHINA HAVE **TRIPLED.

BECAUSE OF IT –

IRAN’S ECONOMY IS ON THE UP-AND-UP.

YOU SAW A MASS EXODUS OF IRAN’S OIL CONSUMERS IN 20-18.

TRUMP WITHDREW FROM THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL –

AND IMPOSED HEAVY SANCTIONS –

DETERRING OTHER COUNTRIES FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH IRAN.

EXPORTS WENT FROM 2.8 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY TO AS LOW AS 100 THOUSAND.

 BUT SINCE THE PLUMMET  – YOU CAN SEE HERE THE UPTICK IN IRAN’S OIL **REVENUE.

SINCE 20-20 –

UNDER A NEW ADMINISTRATION –

THOSE SANCTIONS GRADUALLY EASED AND WERE NOT ENFORCED AS PRESIDENT BIDEN TRIES TO MAKE NICE WITH IRAN AS THEY LOOK TO NEGOTIATE AND RE-ENTER A NEW NUCLEAR DEAL.

EXPORTS OF IRANIAN OIL HAVE BEEN INCREASING.

AND IN RECENT MONTHS –

IRAN’S OIL HAS BEEN PERFORMING ITS BEST IN YEARS.

IN SEPTEMBER –

 IRAN REGAINED ITS POSITION AS THE WORLD’S THIRD-LARGEST CRUDE OIL PRODUCER.

EXPORTING 3 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY IN AUGUST – ACCORDING TO OPEC.

IRAN IS MAKING MORE MONEY.

AND SPENDING IT PLACES THAT GO AGAINST AMERICA’S BEST INTEREST.

ACCORDING TO A 20-18 STUDY BY THE FOUNDATION FOR DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACIES –

IRAN SPENDS ABOUT 16 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR TO SUPPORT SYRIA, HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS, AND THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD IN GAZA.

SINCE OCTOBER 7TH WHEN ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED BY HAMAS –

A TERROR GROUP RECEIVING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE IRANIAN REGIME –

TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN HAVE FLARED ONCE AGAIN.

A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING TO REIN IN IRAN’S FINANCES.

STARTING WITH CALLS TO **PERMANENTLY REFREEZE THE 6 BILLION DOLLARS THE U.S. WAS GOING TO GIVE IRAN ACCESS TO AS PART OF A PRISONER SWAP EXCHANGE.

MORE THAN 100 LAWMAKERS SENT A LETTER TO BIDEN ASKING HIM TO IMPOSE MORE AGGRESSIVE SANCTIONS AND BLOCK IRANIAN OIL SALES TO CHINA –

KNOWING IRAN’S MONEY IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON TRADE WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.