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In the Mix

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/iran/#article/part1

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/13/us-iran-setad-legal-specialreport-idUSBRE9AC0JS20131113

From the last URL:

Reuters found no evidence that Khamenei puts these assets to personal use. Instead, Setad’s holdings underpin his power over Iran.

To make Setad’s asset acquisitions possible, governments under Khamenei’s watch systematically legitimized the practice of confiscation and gave the organization control over much of the seized wealth, a Reuters investigation has found. The supreme leader, judges and parliament over the years have issued a series of bureaucratic edicts, constitutional interpretations and judicial decisions bolstering Setad. The most recent of these declarations came in June, just after the election of Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani.

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-blocked-qatari-funds-intended-for-hamas-employees/ – 7/15/2014.

http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4N0PS4Z820140717 – 7/17/2014 – “Egypt says Qatar, Turkey and Hamas hurt Gaza ceasefire bid.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/gaza-civilians-actually-reject-hamas-policies-2014-7 – 7/17/2014.

http://news.yahoo.com/france-asks-qatar-hamas-agree-gaza-ceasefire-source-150226002.html – 7/18/2014.

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