Posted on Jan 17, 2016
A Look at the 7 Iranian Prisoners Released by the US
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A lot is being said about the 5 American citizens Iran has released in a thawing of relations between the U.S. and Iran in connection with the recent nuclear agreement which the U.S. spearheaded.
The reciprocation by the U.S. of releasing 7 Iranian prisoners however is barely receiving mention. All of these prisoners were prosecuted through the judicial system and were serving the sentences which were handed down, they were not political prisoners. They had all been indicted or imprisoned for sanctions violations, and six of the seven are dual citizens.
The reciprocation by the U.S. of releasing 7 Iranian prisoners however is barely receiving mention. All of these prisoners were prosecuted through the judicial system and were serving the sentences which were handed down, they were not political prisoners. They had all been indicted or imprisoned for sanctions violations, and six of the seven are dual citizens.
A Look at the 7 Iranian Prisoners Released by the US
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CPT (Join to see) I was completely unaware that the US let go of 7 Iranian prisoners, why is this not widely reported?
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SSgt Paul Esquibel
My question is who were the men we gave up, what was their value and why were they detained? Furthermore, why did the US have to give up anything when Americans were illegally imprisoned in the first place? Diplomacy as you say really wasn't used if we had to give up something in order to get something even though you had what we wanted illegally, and why couldn't sanctions just have been lifted or etc in order to get our citizens back, instead we gave a country that calls for the destruction of Israel "our ally" nuclear capability to destroy them.
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SSgt Paul Esquibel - Please click on the link attached and you will be able to see who they were. They were not detained they were convicted.
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SSgt Paul Esquibel
CPT (Join to see) - My bad, well the question still remains, why did we trade 7 criminals who's sole plan was espionage for Iran and to make money for Americans. Jason Rezaian convicted of espionage in a closed door trial...hmm that's odd, Amir Mirza Hekmati (Veteran) imprisoned and sentenced to death for charges of espionage and full confession that has never been proven, Pastor Saeed Abedini charged with undermining Iran national establishment for being Christian. So we got 3 and they got 7 and nuclear power to destroy our ally, hardly seems fair?
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SSgt Paul Esquibel - I can't answer that but you might like this link.
https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/u-s-imposes-ballistic-missile-sanctions-on-iran-after-prisoner-release
https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/u-s-imposes-ballistic-missile-sanctions-on-iran-after-prisoner-release
U.S. imposes ballistic missile sanctions on Iran after prisoner release | RallyPoint
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-sanctions-idUSKCN0UV0P5As in all things timing and diplomacy are should be given important consideration. "The United States imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran's ballistic missile program in a move delayed by over two weeks so as not to endanger this weekend's release of U.S. prisoners, sources familiar with the matter said."[~368184:SSG James J. Palmer IV aka...
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And we can not investigate their military bases ?
I guess we better not offend them ! If we did Tgat jackass coward in the White House would have to go on one more apology tour
I guess we better not offend them ! If we did Tgat jackass coward in the White House would have to go on one more apology tour
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