Dr Mahathir says Malaysia forced to close Iranian accounts

SM Amin SM Amin Updated 6 years ago · Published on 30 Oct 2019 7:16PM · 2 Comments

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysian banks are having to close accounts for Iranian nationals and companies due to external bullying. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, October 30, 2019.

BANKS are closing the accounts of Iranian individuals and companies due to strong pressure from powerful unnamed sources, said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

However, despite this, he maintained that Putrajaya’s ties with Tehran were still good.

Dr Mahathir said Malaysian banks overseas were threatened with closure if Malaysia did not comply.

“We are forced to close the bank accounts. If we don’t, they will close our banks.

“It’s a kind of bullying by the very powerful,” he told reporters today after attending an education ministry programme, today

Today, Reuters reported that banks in Malaysia were closing the accounts of Iranians and companies, believed to be linked to sanctions imposed by Washington.

Malaysia maintains good diplomatic ties with Tehran, and last week leaders from both countries discussed ways to further strengthen and improve ties.

The US has imposed economic sanctions on Iran after claiming that Tehran intended to breach the nuclear agreement the two countries inked in 2015.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was drafted to limit Tehran’s nuclear programme in exchange for easing economic sanctions against the country.

“We have good ties with Tehran but are under pressure from certain quarters. You can guess who.

“The idea to close the accounts is to make it difficult for them (the Iranians). We are not assisting but are forced to do this,” he said. – October 30, 2019.

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  • Pas pis pus Taliban lebai ostard al-retard in the name of Arab unta abang adik (they can't differentiate between Persian and arab unta) will blame DAP Zionists, DAP communist, DAP Christian, DAP Jews behind it.

    Posted 6 years ago by Chee yee ng · Reply

  • PAS must oppose US for imposing sanction on Iran. Unthinkable any PAS leader will openly declare any act of opposition against US. They shrink their balls when confronted by super power but anything DAP said is communist, anti Malay and anti Islam, Jews, real cowards.

    Posted 6 years ago by James Wong · Reply