Biden Waives Sanctions on Iran’s Chief Propaganda Arm

Adam KredoFebruary 22, 2023

The state-run outlet helps regime distort and censor massive protest movements Protesters gather in Berlin to protest the murder of Mahsa Alimini in Iran, September 23, 2022. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images).

While the Biden administration lifted sanctions against Iran’s state news agency, the hardline regime continues to use the outlet to destort and underreport the murder of dissidents as well as fuel sham trials for protesters.

According to a notice sent to Congress by the non-public source and obtained by Congress, Secretary of State Antony Blinken lifted sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting channel (IRIB), the main propaganda outlet of the regime, on February 15. Washington Free Beacon.

The IRIB is allowed to make financial transactions. This waiver also disseminates propaganda. It helps the regime quell nationwide protests, which threaten to overthrow Tehran’s clerical government. This waiver is less than one month after the Biden administration. Lifted sanctions Information about nuclear cooperation between Iran and Russia

This is the first time that these sanctions have been lifted in the aftermath of massive protests across Iran. The regime responded with a violent crackdown. The sanctions were originally lifted as part of 2015’s nuclear agreement and through the Trump administration. However, regional experts are expressing concern about the decision of the Biden administration to reissue waivers due to the IRIB’s involvement in the conflict. Helping Iranian regime controls the uprisings.

“The IRIB is an important part of the regime’s oppression machine,” Saeed Ghasseminejad is an Iran expert at Foundation for Defense of Democracies think-tank. He told the Free Beacon. It is responsible of disseminating disinformation and propaganda.

The IRIB “broadcasts false confessions taken under torture, dehumanizes dissidents, and engages in character assassination of the regime’s critics to facilitate their physical elimination either through execution or assassination,” Ghasseminejad said. Ghasseminejad also stated that the network was “facilitates human rights violations by other organizations and violates human rights themselves.”

One For example The IRIB footage was used to convict the Iranian regime of beating down one of its security personnel, which prompted dissidents in Iran. The death penalty was handed to the victims after they were tortured and faced what observers called an inept trial.

Ghasseminejad called the State Department’s decision of waiving sanctions “amazing.” “an abomination.”