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Iran’s regime sanctions 61 more Americans for supporting the MEK

The Iranian regime has imposed sanctions on 61 more Americans, including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, for supporting Iranian opposition People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), Tehran said on Saturday, according to Reuters.

Most of these American dignitaries had long stood against the wrongful designation of the PMOI/MEK as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department and supported the PMOI/MEK members when Iraqi forces associated to the mullahs’ regime of Iran launched attacks against their sites in camps Ashraf and Liberty prior to their departure to Albania in 2016.

Others blacklisted by the regime’s Foreign Ministry for voicing support for the MEK included Republican former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and former White House national security adviser John Bolton, according to the mullahs’ state media.

Iranian Resistance Leader Mr. Massoud Rajavi described this latest move by Tehran as yet another reason why Belgium must not release Tehran’s convicted diplomat-terrorist Assadollah Assadi who remains imprisoned in for a bombing plot targeting the 2018 Free Iran gathering held just north of Paris in support of the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and NCRI President-elect Mrs. Maryam Rajavi.

The government of Belgium and the Iranian regime sought to push through a secret prisoner exchange agreement that would secure the release of Assadi and his three accomplices. Many of those designated by the Iranian regime are would be targets of the regime’s terror plot pursued through Assadi.

“These 61 personalities were among plaintiffs in the terrorism case in Belgium that involved terrorism directed by the ruling religious fascism in Iran. This is another reason why the Belgian government must not release the bomb-plotting diplomat and his accomplices. Considering the regime’s designation of US personalities, releasing Assadi and his accomplices is a flagrant violation of international law, particularly UN Security Council Resolution 1373,” Mr. Rajavi underscored.

The sanctions, issued against dozens of Americans in the past on various grounds, allowing Iranian regime authorities to seize any assets they hold in Iran. The steps, announced as U.S. President Joe Biden wrapped up his trip to the Middle East, appear largely symbolic given the likely absence of such assets, Reuters explained.

Giuliani, Pompeo, and Bolton, have been widely reported to have taken part in MEK events and voiced support for the opposition MEK. Tehran had previously imposed sanctions on 51 Americans back in January and another 24 in April.

The regime’s indirect talks with the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear pact began in November in Vienna and continued in Qatar in June. But the negotiations have faced a months-long impasse.

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The Biden administration has pledged to support and protect all Americans despite any disagreements over politics or policy, Reuters added.

“The United States will protect and defend its citizens.”

This includes those serving the United States now and those who formerly served,” a State Department spokesperson said on Saturday. “We are united in our resolve against threats and provocations, and we will work with our allies and partners to deter and respond to any attacks carried out by Iran.”

The list of Americans sanctioned on June 16 by the Iranian regime is as follows:

  1. Mike Pompeo
  2. Robert Torricelli
  3. Rudy Giuliani
  4. Joseph Isadore “Joe” Lieberman
  5. Robert Joseph
  6. Michael Mukasey
  7. Louis Freeh
  8. John Robert Bolton
  9. Marc Ginsberg
  10. John M.” Jack” Keane
  11. Charles F. Wald
  12. Nathan A. Sales
  13. Lincoln Bloomfield
  14. Mary Landrieu
  15. Frances Townsend
  16. Gen. James T. Conway
  17. Deborah Lee James
  18. Gary Faye Locke
  19. Patrick Kennedy
  20. Linda Chavez
  21. Mitchell Reiss
  22. Joe Donnelly
  23. Bill Ritter, Jr
  24. Steve Bullock
  25. Philip Noman ” Phil Bredesen
  26. Timothy M. Boras
  27. Theresa Payton
  28. Donna Lease Brazile
  29. James Logan Jones Junior
  30. Pete Sessions
  31. Raul Ruiz
  32. Nicole Malliotakis
  33. Mario Diaz Balart
  34. Angie Craig
  35. Brad Schneider
  36. Thomas Earl “Tom” Emmer
  37. French Hill
  38. Sheila Jackson-Lee
  39. Brian Fitzpatrick
  40. Judy Chu
  41. Scott Perry
  42. Donald John Bacon
  43. Gwus Michael Bilirakis
  44. Kelly A. Ayotte
  45. Hakeem Jeffries
  46. Kevin McCarthy
  47. Brad Sherman
  48. Joe Wilson
  49. Dean Philips
  50. Cory Booker
  51. Roy Blunt
  52. Maggie Hassan
  53. Joni Ernst
  54. John Boozman
  55. Doug Jones
  56. Ted Cruz
  57. John Cornyn
  58. Thom Tillis
  59. Rick Scott
  60. Robert ” Bob” Menendez
  61. Jeanne Shaheen
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