Posted on 10/30/2015 4:36:41 AM PDT by nuconvert
Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American citizen who helped establish a pro-Tehran lobbying group in America, has been arrested in Iran and imprisoned indefinitely.
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Namazi has been described as one of the “intellectual architects†of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group that has been accused of working in support of the regime in Tehran.
He and NIAC Director Trita Parsi founded the organization as a way to continuously lobby for the removal of sanctions against Iran and to promote Iran’s foreign policy, while combating the pro-Israel sentiment in America, according to documents from a Cyprus convention that featured the two men.
Both Parsi and Namazi have strong connections with the Iranian regime’s President, Hassan Rouhani, and its foreign minister, Javad Zarif. The two have continued to actively communicate with members of the regime.
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An expert on Iran suggests the arrest is the result of a power struggle within the country. Hassan Dai, the editor of the Iranian American Forum, told Breitbart News that Namazi’s imprisonment shows the Ayatollah remains completely in control of his nation’s affairs, and that even Iran’s president is powerless to protect his acquaintances from imprisonment.
Dai explained that Namazi had consistently “lobbied in favor of a faction of the regime,†which upset the Mullahs because it would only be acceptable to “lobby for the whole regime.â€
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The Revolution Always Eats Its Own.
yup
This use to be called "Hostage taking".
They can have him
He must have done or said something that pissed off Obama and/or Valerie Jarrett.
“This use to be called “Hostage taking”.
BTW - Iranian regime doesn’t recognize dual citizenship. As far as they’re concerned, they arrested an Iranian citizen
Snakes biting snakes.
Probably right. He'll try to spring this POS but leave the other Americans sitting there.
No by arresting him "an American Citizen" they are giving Obama cover and an excuse to trade the Iranians we have in custody that Obama can't release otherwise.
They didn’t release Nemazee [yet] but as you forecast theypulled a swap with other hostages.
Robespierre found that out the hard way.
2 Americans believed detained in Iran are not among those coming home (Robert Levinson, Namazi)
The Washington Post ^ | January 16 at 4:56 PM | Adam Goldman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3384758/posts
Yup. Thanks
NEW: Biden Unfreezes $6 Billion in Iranian Assets in Deal to Free Five American Hostages
Red State ^ | 08/10/2023 | Mike Miller
Posted on 8/10/2023, 9:24:27 PM by SeekAndFind
After it was reported on Thursday that Iran had transferred five Iranian Americans from prison to house arrest, it became clear that a deal between the Biden administration and the radical Islamist state had been reached — which would include billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets in exchange for the Americans.
This again raises the question — which we’ll tackle later in the article: Should the United States pay ransom to rogue states and others for the release of captured Americans?
Anyway, sure enough, the United States and Iran have reached an agreement in which the Islamist regime will free the five Americans in exchange for several Iranian nationals serving prison sentences for violating U.S. sanctions on Iran — and unfreeze $6 billion of Iran’s assets in South Korea, which will be transferred to an account in the central bank of Qatar.
Yup, I read about this.
The admin. explanation of why it isn’t the U.S. paying for hostages,,,”...unfreezing a $6 billion oil payment from South Korean companies to Iran.
“That’s actually $6 billion of Iranian money that’s been frozen in a South Korean account for for many, many years,”
Many believe it’s tied to a new Iran nuke deal.
More info here -
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