The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money in South Korea without fear of U.S. sanctions.
I mean, it’s Iran’s money anyway but I doubt we’re allowing the withdrawal to get back some frat boys who spent Spring Break in Tehran and got rowdy outside a club. (Maybe one Jack Ryan and 4 frat boys thrown in. But it’s probably more like 4 spies and one sympathetic person for the press release to highlight.)
6 billion!? Who is this prisoner? Jack fuckin Ryan?
Probably!
I mean, it’s Iran’s money anyway but I doubt we’re allowing the withdrawal to get back some frat boys who spent Spring Break in Tehran and got rowdy outside a club. (Maybe one Jack Ryan and 4 frat boys thrown in. But it’s probably more like 4 spies and one sympathetic person for the press release to highlight.)
Its their money to begin with,