The speedboats are going across the Persian Gulf from Dubai 20 times a day. Who is running those? Not law abiding … Sanctions enable a criminal class; in Iran, the Revolutionary Guard profits from sanctions. … class. I saw this in Serbia also. It used to be smugglers and thugs. Then they built up private armies and they were the ones that would go into villages that were the wrong religion and burned down the village. (1:02:53–1:03:01)
CLAIM
Asserts that sanctions create opportunities for criminal enterprises, specifically benefiting Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
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