Obama Refuses To Enforce Anti-Terror Measures Against Iran, Could Harm Iranian Business Interests

It’s not just interests in Iran who support the Obama administration’s refusal to enforce the new measures passed by Congress. In fact, a litany of Muslim groups have been lobbying hard for any such provisions to be unenforced. As you might have guessed, some have been linked to terrorist groups:

“Pro-Iran lobbyists have pushed the Obama administration to waive the terror law, saying it discriminates against Iranian-Americans.

The National Iranian American Council, or NIAC, a pro-Iran group long accused of lobbying on behalf of the Islamic Republic, recently joined 46 Arab advocacy groups to petition DHS to waive the visa measures.

‘Only by utilizing your legal authority waiver can this administration protect dual nationals and shield targeting of these communities, and protect U.S. law enforcement and national security interests in the process,’ NIAC and the other groups wrote to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson. ‘We strongly urge your administration to utilize its authority to legally waive the dual nationality and travel ban provisions under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act.’

Groups backing the effort to waive the measures include CAIR, which was labeled by the FBI as an unindicted co-conspirator in a legal case concerning the funneling of money to Hamas; the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), a leading critic of Israel; and the Arab American Institute, whose leader has compared Israel to Nazis.

One foreign affairs operative familiar with the issue criticized these groups for attempting to undermine efforts to bolster U.S. national security.

‘It’s normal that NIAC and CAIR would come together to gut congressional anti-terror efforts. CAIR has been linked by the FBI to Sunni terror plots,’ the source said. ‘NIAC has been accused, even by members of Congress, of shilling for the Shiite terror regime in Iran. It’s only natural.'”

Source: Free Beacon