Iranian Agents Run Polling Places Across U.S. in Violation of U.S. Law

U.S. law prohibits agents of the Iranian regime from traveling 25 miles outside of New York City and Washington. With polling locations across the Eastern Seaboard, it’s obvious the Iranians will be breaking the law.

A non-profit organization called the Foundation For Democracy In Iran and others opposed to the Islamic regime attempted to have the voting halted, petitioning the White House to close down the sites as was already done in Canada.

But as the last-ditch effort was underway, the U.S. State Department showed no inclination to respond favorably.

 There is no general prohibition on voting activities conducted by foreign countries on behalf of their citizens in the United States,” the official said. “Foreign governments establishing polling stations are expected to carry out election-related activities in the United States in a manner consistent with U.S. law and regulations, and with due respect for the sovereignty and public order of the United States.”

Kenneth Timmerman, the pro-bono president of the Foundation For Democracy in Iran, noted that similar voting operations occurred under the Obama presidency.

They have gotten away with it in previous elections because the Obama administration actually instructed the FBI not to do anything about this,” said Timmerman, who first raised the issue in an article published by Front Page Magazine. “This time, the only way they’d get away with it is if the Justice Department and the administration is asleep at the switch.”

Timmerman noted that under Iran sanctions regulations it’s illegal for a U.S. person to provide any kind of services to the government of Iran either directly or through cutouts. The list of expected polling places included universities and hotels.

U.S. authorities have the right to arrest any Iranian agents who will be on the ground running these polling stations, according to those petitioning the White House to shut down the sites.”

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Iranian polling stations have already been shut down in Canada and calls are mounting for the Trump administration to take similar action, according to a White House petition created by Iranian dissident groups that call on President Donald Trump to “shut down illegal Iranian regime election sites in the U.S.”

Alleged moderate President Hassan Rouhani is expected to handily win a second term. The election results should become known over the weekend.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

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