Dabbagh: Iraq is committed to the implementation of the sanctions imposed on Iran

19-08-2012 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment -
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He said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh that Iraq has no intention of violating international sanctions imposed on Iran.

Dabbagh said at the same time that trade is high between Iran and Iraq makes the implementation of sanctions imposed on Tehran is very difficult, and said that the absolute commitment of all sanctions practically not possible, for this there are exceptions with regard to States which ties a great business, he said.

He acknowledged the existence of breaches of banking Dabbagh in Iraq, but emphasized that the Iraqi government is investigating these violations, in accordance with constitutional procedures and legal.

He said that the Iraqi government suffers from violations of private banks due to poor controls that are supposed to exercise the central bank on those banks.

The New York Times reported in its report Saturday that Washington has accused Iraq help Iran circumvent international sanctions imposed on it through oil smuggling and allow Tehran to transfer large sums of money through secret bank, referring to the announcement by President Barack Obama last month ban Bank Elaf Iraqi Islamic deal with U.S. banks.

The newspaper added that the Obama administration is not eager to be there public confrontation with the government of Nouri al-Maliki towards Iran after eight months on the exit of U.S. troops from Iraq, but it quoted U.S. officials referred to the conduct secret talks between Washington and Baghdad complained during which the U.S. side of the existence of Links to logistical and financial worries with the Iranians.

The newspaper quoted Deputy Minister of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence David Cohen said the United States is making efforts to prevent Iran from evading U.S. financial sanctions or international, whether in Iraq or anywhere else.

It also quoted Iraqi officials, current and former as well as experts in the banking and oil as saying that Iraqi government officials turn a blind eye and a huge financial transfers smuggling operations and other business processes with Iran, where some of them achieves profit directly from it.

The newspaper pointed out that the smuggling of oil and oil products is increasing, and that Baghdad is not making a real effort to stop these activities the organization dramatically, adding that Iraqi oil which can be obtained at very low prices because of government support being smuggled to Iran through Kurdistan, and then are smuggled oil cheap again to Afghanistan, where profit is sold high.

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