November 13, 2014 | Quote
McCain Helps a Business Partner of Iran
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Jonathan Schanzer, a scholar at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, noted that even while Iran is not able to benefit from access to the mine and steps have been taken to force Iranian government officials from Rossing’s board, a potential land deal with Rio Tinto and Resolution could still send “mixed messages” to the Iranian regime.
He saw a potential vote on the land transfer as “an interesting test case” for Congress, because even if a deal on the Iranian nuclear program is reached, “they’re still not going to have agreement moving forward about Iranian-held assets and Iranian-held entities.” In Schanzer’s view, it is a very complicated case even in the already complicated world of U.S.-Iranian relations.
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