Cut aid to Iran-aligned states and steer Middle East aid through Abraham Accords
Mandate says foreign aid must advance the Abraham Accords and that USAID should consider cutting aid to states allied to Iran while using aid to strengthen anti-Iran regional trade/investment alliances.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 9 (USAID) — Middle East: foreign aid must advance the Abraham Accords; USAID should consider cutting aid to states allied to Iran; Trump-era allocations sought to strengthen regional alliances against Iran through expanded trade/investment reflecting Accords opportunities.
Undo plan
1) Maintain humanitarian and civilian aid based on need and diversion risk, not solely Iran-alignment labels.
2) Separate normalization diplomacy from aid conditionality that harms noncombatants.
3) Publish country-by-country national-interest memoranda before cuts.
4) Preserve minority-protection and stabilization programs with monitoring.
5) Verify: independent assessments of civilian impact and Iran-proxy diversion trends.