Posted on 04/13/2015 12:53:40 PM PDT by ColdOne
While the United States and Iran edge closer to a nuclear deal, nearly two dozen U.S. states are imposing their own sanctions against Tehran – a move some say could derail fragile talks between the two countries.
The states, though, say they aren’t budging. In fact, Kansas and Mississippi are even considering adding more sanctions.
Several states across the country have put their own measures in place to punish Iran-linked companies operating in certain sectors of its economy, directing public pension funds with billions of dollars in assets to divesting from the firms and sometimes barring them from public contracts, Reuters reported.
In more than half of those states, restrictions will only expire if all federal sanctions against Iran are lifted – an unlikely scenario.
Typically, U.S. states coordinate their measures with federal sanctions on Iran. However, the states’ divestment actions are, in fact, much more strict when it
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Not to worry. Gov. Cuomo will offer Iran some tax breaks through StartUp NY so they can build a bomb factory in Binghamton.
Anybody got a list of the nearly two dozen states?
New York?? Hell we are opening up Cuba so Iran can move in and start building Bombs. And Now I see Russia is selling them Missiles. Another friend of Cuba. This is a SUICIDE MISSION!
Well, glad to hear that the states are pushing back against Obama!
The United States, it was nice while it lasted. The extremism bordering on tyranny imposed via fiat by Obama and Democrats have forced a now divisible Union.
And the corrupt MSM just goes on whistling happy tunes while the Republic burns along with the rest of the world.
Ping.
Hmmmm....maybe Americans don’t like Iran ?
It never occurred to me that such a thing would happen-but I like it...
Talk about overstatements even disinformation...
Not even a speed bump...
“...delay fragile talks...”
In the White House of Cretin/Felons, that’s pronounced “frag....eel....le..”
Remember, we’re talking the quota boy here, and without that prompter, he’s kinda ......dumb!
can the states slam the door keeping out the huge number of Muslims the State Department is importing??
“Nearly two dozen U.S. states” and no list of those states from Fox?
No list
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