The US and Iran have reached a deal that will free five Americans in exchange for the US releasing some Iranians and granting Tehran limited access to $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Sources told the Times that the negotiations have been going on quietly for two years. Prisoner exchanges have typically been kept separate from other issues between the US and Iran.
As part of the first step in the agreement, Iran has released five Iranian American dual citizens from prison and put them on house arrest at a hotel where they will spend a few weeks before flying to the US. Most of them were jailed over spying allegations.
The White House confirmed in a statement that the five Americans were released on house arrest, but the Times said the Biden administration has declined to confirm what Iran will get in return. Sources told the paper that the US has agreed to release several Iranians who were arrested for alleged sanctions violations.
The US will also place $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil profits in an account that will be controlled by Qatar. Iran will only be able to access the funds to pay for humanitarian goods, such as medicine and food.
Tensions have been soaring between the US and Iran in the Persian Gulf, but the news is a sign that there is still room for diplomacy between the two countries. A series of media reports earlier this year said the US and Iran were close to some sort of interim nuclear deal, but such an agreement never materialized.
We should be grateful I suppose for some small sign of diplomatic life left in the Biden Administration. Of course, the neocons will portray this as an act of betrayal, and the “giving away” to Iran of US funds. It remains to be seen if a warpig president seeking reelection can build on this small diplomatic start, or be cowed by the aforementioned neocons. I’ll take the unders on this one.
I don’t know if I would go as far as saying “some small sign of diplomatic life left in the Biden Administration.” Iran is likely to receive knives in the back within days. Did you notice that the funds “will be controlled by Qatar. Iran will only be able to access the funds to pay for humanitarian goods, such as medicine and food?” Our sanctions include “humanitarian goods, such as medicine and food!!!!” If that’s not SATAN’s level of EVIL, I don’t know what else would be a better example!? (Sarcasm)
“funds will be controlled by Qatar. Iran will only be able to access the funds to pay for humanitarian goods, such as medicine and food”
Iran has denied this claim…!
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/08/11/708746/Iran-US-Marandi-assets
Watch Iran invest the money in more drones for Russia to use on Ukraine. Just another foreign policy win from the Mr Magoo administration.
Just another example of how badly sweetantisemite is triggered by (((Zelenskyy))).
Terje is a stool of the DC Establishment.
why would you think that Russia would ever need inferior drones from Iran
OK to answer my own question = they wouldn’t.
In fairness, Iran would like to think, reverse engineering one of Obama’s gifted drones is enough to place them in an equal footing.
It’s their money. By the way, we spend more on our spooks than they do on their military budget. In 2022 it was aprox $65 billion for our spooks (not counting military spooks). Iran’s military budget was approx. $25 billion. Our military spooks received approx. $24 billion in the same year.
Keep in mind that the $6billion dollars that the US is releasing is entirely Iran’s. The US banking cartel ‘froze’ Iran’s money due to Israeli pressures.
Don’t tell that to Donald Trump…! As by tomorrow morning he would say that US gave away $6 billion to Iran…!
that will be one of his talking points
OMG NA at some point I will be revealed as a bad guy.
when that happens (and it will), it will fall upon you to be the sole voice of the real reality (sarcasm) .
edit = wait what ? what did he just say ?
son of bitch who is the real reality ?
hey MF i am going to host a BBQ which will include a whole bunch of guys which will include a bunch of SOBs – wait, what kind of vegetabletarian hosts a BBQ ? omg can you imagine the vengeance that 100 years of cow/pig ghosts could wreak?
damnit i just used the word “wreak” in a sentence
Pence beat Trump and already started the talking points…!
Iran delivered oil to S. Korea and then the U.S. forced S. Korea to renege on payment of a lawful, commercial, transaction. The U.S. coerced S. Korea yet the Neocon, U.S. MSM claims that Iran is the aggressor.
that’s the way it works. The New American Century is well on it’s way already
More like on its way out.
Iran should have forced S Korea to pay its debt as soon as it was due. South Korea is a rich country and could afford the US imposed penalties…!
South Korea does not want sanctions placed on Korean BBQ chains in U.S. A billion dollar industry.
One thing for sure, Iran won’t be depositing monies in Western banks in the future. Say hello to BRICS