Washington warns Iraq of "black banks of Iran"

- US special envoy to Iran Brian Hawk on Saturday warned Iraq of the Iranian banking system, describing it as "black and non-transparent," while Baghdad was expected to comply with US sanctions against Iran as "in the interests of Iraq." 

Hawk said that dozens of Iranian banks are "dirty and corrupt banks that serve the regime only" and that "the Iranian banking system is deliberately and transparently black, because the regime does not want the people to know where the money goes, because it spends all over the Middle East to achieve Iran's ambitions. Control of the Middle East ".




US special envoy to Iran Brian Hawk said the Iranian regime sees Iraq as a "claw in a big political game" and a "conduit" for Middle East domination. 

"The Iranian regime is not investing in its own people, and we do not expect to support Iraqis in any way," Hawk said in an interview with Al Hurra television. 

"Iran's foreign policy does not respect the sovereignty or independence of other states and since 1979 has tried to undermine states and national identities with religious identity, which has sowed instability in the Middle East and led to violence and bloodshed," Hawk said. 

In contrast, Hawk said the United States had a "different approach" to Iraq, adding "Iran's intentions are to dominate Iraq, and the United States wants a strong, sovereign Iraq"

He said that Washington expected Baghdad to comply with US sanctions against Iran and considered it "in the interests of Iraq, because sanctions deprive the Iranian regime of the income it uses to destabilize the region" and that the United States granted Iraq an exemption from sanctions to import electricity to southern Iraq " The Iraqi people, "but the returns must go to a private fund, and do not provide a resource for the hard currency of the Iranian regime. 

Hawk said that dozens of Iranian banks are "dirty and corrupt banks that serve the regime only" and that "the Iranian banking system is deliberately and transparently black, because the regime does not want the people to know where the money goes, because it spends all over the Middle East to achieve Iran's ambitions. Control of the Middle East ". 

"We have made it very clear to banks across the world that we will punish any activities, and Iraqi banks know that.

"The financial and oil sanctions are losing billions of dollars to the Iranian regime," he said. "What we expect to see as a result of sanctions is further depriving Iran of income. The proof is that Iran's biggest client, the Hezbollah militia, is now appealing for fundraising. Revolutionary. "