State Department Denies Iran TV Report of Paying $7 Billion For Four U.S. Hostages

pjmedia.com ^ | 5/2/2021 | Rick Moran

[rktman]

Iran’s state-run TV network reports that Tehran had negotiated an agreement with the U.S. and Great Britain to release hostages in exchange for unfreezing billions of dollars in Iranian assets.

“The Americans accepted to pay $7 billion and swap four Iranians who were active in bypassing sanctions for four American spies who have served part of their sentences,” state TV said.

A state department spokesman, Ned Price, immediately shot down the report.

“Reports that a prisoner swap deal has been reached are not true,” Price said. “As we have said, we always raise the cases of Americans detained or missing in Iran. We will not stop until we are able to reunite them with their families.”

This report is entirely believable given the history of hostage negotiations with Iran. When the Iran nuclear deal was negotiated during the Obama administration, Tehran publicly agreed to release several Americans in exchange for lifting some sanctions. Later we learned, Obama had sweetened the deal by unfreezing 400 million dollars in Iranian assets.

[rktman]

Probably $8 million so they could deny the $7 million reported.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well, maybe 3.9 million then. 8<)

[PGR88]

We could get almost 260 St. George Floyds for that price.

[sauropod]

SMDH.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Sad days. We can't even believe our State Department.

[Red6]

Dude,

Billions, not millions.

This is Biden and 2021.

You’re so... 2020. hahahaha

[spincaster]

Doesn’t surprise me .Joe & the Hoe like giving our money away.

[woodbutcher1963]

In CASH?

That is a lot of plane loads.
How many millions on a standard 42” x 48” x 4’ high shrink wrapped pallet of $100 bills?

[woodbutcher1963]

They are spending TRILLIONS like it is pocket change.
7 billion is what falls in between the couch cushions.

[shotgun]

$6.999 billion

[rktman]

Two words: ‘John f’n Kerry, hildabeast ‘the bleach queen’ Clintoon.’ 😕

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, but Trump blah blah blah. The US media wing of the DNC comes through again.

[rockabyebaby]

Who believes the state dept? Anyone?? Bueller?? Bueller?? Anyone??

[a fool in paradise]

>> for four American spies

“spies”

[RatRipper]

Especially to Iran. Could be John Kerry might be Iran’s designated hit man in this deal. Anything to justify their outright theft from the American people.

[buridan]

Maybe they just gave the money and then merely requested release of the hostages.

[Chode]

“Reports that a prisoner swap deal has been reached are not true”

so what... they dint say no money was transferred.

[17th Miss Regt]

Yep. They just confirmed the payment.

“We did not make any such payment.”

[G Larry]

"...deal has been reached are not true"

Listen you lying POS, if you're even negotiating on the subject you belong in prison!!

[NWFree]

Who to believe - their lying government or our lying crooks?