{"id":106261,"date":"2023-08-12T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=106261"},"modified":"2023-08-12T07:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T05:33:39","slug":"19-05-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=106261","title":{"rendered":"Dubowitz: $6b ransom to Iran will lead to more terrorism, hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Dubowitz: $6b ransom to Iran will lead to more terrorism, hostages<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, praised the Biden administration’s handling of negotiations with Iran over five U.S. prisoners.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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\nIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers an address on Oct. 19, 2022. Source: Channel 1 (Iran) via MEMRI.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Washington reached a deal with Tehran on Thursday to release five Iranian Americans, whom the Islamic Republic detained evidently on trumped-up charges. In exchange for the five being released to house arrest, the United States freed up $6 billion worth of Iranian oil and released Iranian prisoners.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, applauded the release of the unjustly detained prisoners, though said it comes at a very high cost, which could be counterproductive.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPaying $6 billion in ransom payments means the regime will only take more hostages. This has become a lucrative means of international extortion for Iran\u2019s supreme leader,\u201d Dubowitz wrote in an FDD analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Islamic Republic won\u2019t use that $6 billion for humanitarian work, he predicted.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the real world, where cash is fungible, it will free up $6 billion to be used for terrorism, funding drones for Russia, domestic repression and nuclear-weapons expansion,\u201d he wrote. \u201cOnly when the regime is severely punished for illegally seizing hostages, not rewarded with billions in ransom payments, will it put a stop to these humanitarian abuses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at FDD, agreed. \u201cThis is not a prisoner exchange; it\u2019s the largest hostage ransom payment in American history,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis money isn\u2019t for humanitarian relief; it\u2019s budget support to the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a presidential candidate, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that \u201cBiden is shamefully caving to Iran\u2019s blackmail and extortion. Rewarding Iran for taking Americans hostage incentivizes more hostage-taking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe $6 billion ransom payment will help Iran build nuclear weapons, support terrorism, oppress the Iranian people and assist Russia,\u201d DeSantis added. \u201cBiden\u2019s appeasement and weakness emboldens Iran to attack us and our allies and facilitates Iran becoming closer than ever to nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement on Thursday, Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the National Security Council, called it \u201cencouraging\u201d that Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi (and two Americans who did not want to be named) were released to house arrest. She noted that the five individuals should never have been detained at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to monitor their condition as closely as possible,\u201d she stated. \u201cWe will not rest until they are all back home in the United States.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When he was a member of Congress, Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, represented\u00a0Robert Levinson<\/a>, whom Iran took hostage in 2007 and who is said to be the longest-held U.S. hostage. (Levinson has been presumed dead.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Deutch stated that he is \u201cencouraged\u201d by the news that the five are closer to coming home.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration is right in demanding that no funds made available to Iran as a result of this exchange will be used by Iran to pursue its malign activities at home or throughout the region,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut we are under no illusion that this will be sufficient to stop it from exploiting the arrangement to pursue its aggressive and destabilizing activities,\u201d he added.\u00a0\u201cAJC continues to urge the world to stand against Iran\u2019s support of terror, its human-rights violations and its illicit pursuit of nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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