In a386-6 vote, the House of Representatives has called for the US State Department to launch an immediate investigation into Irans diplomatic and business interests in central and South America.
The bill was titled the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act, and was authored by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R SC),who arguesIrans business and diplomatic ties are a threat to national security.
Officials have made a big deal of hyping Irans diplomatic efforts abroad, with the Pentagon insisting that opening new Iranian embassies inSouth America is on parwith spreading terrorism across the globe. In reality much of the interest is in commerce, and keeping business going without sanctions.
$1 million allocated for the report is trivial to the State Department, and with that little money a bureaucracy of that size is unlikely to do much more than issue a report with no real evidence, just enough to keep the fear going and get more resolutions.