#IranDeal “It’s no secret that Treasury officials are seething with anger at Secretary Kerry,” said one congressional adviser…the secretary doesn’t quite understand how U.S. sanctions or financial crime risks work”

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Obama Admin Battling Internal War Over Giving Iran Access to U.S. Dollars
by Adam Kredo
June 22, 2016

The Obama administration is at odds over whether to give Iran access to the U.S. financial system, a move that is opposed by parts of the administration, according to communications exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Tensions have been brewing between the State and Treasury Departments over contradictory statements about U.S. efforts to boost Iran’s economy and give it unprecedented access to U.S. dollars, according to conversations with sources who described a deepening internal divide over the issue. While top administration officials had promised Congress that such access would never be granted under last summer’s nuclear agreement, some in the administration have changed their tune. READ MORE

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