{"id":1875772,"date":"2023-03-13T15:58:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T19:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-says-no-deal-with-iran-over-american-hostages\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T16:04:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T20:04:02","slug":"u-s-says-no-deal-with-iran-over-american-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-says-no-deal-with-iran-over-american-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Says No Deal with Iran Over American Hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-says-no-deal-with-iran-over-american-hostages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875772&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian President (Getty Images).\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s administration is trying to free several Americans held in Iran. However, Iranian reports claimed that an agreement was reached regarding hostage negotiations. &#8220;especially cruel lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Claims by Iranian officials that we have reached a deal for the release of the U.S. citizens wrongfully held by Iran are false,&#8221; A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council told The Associated Press <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> Monday. In a statement to the reporters, Ned Price, spokesperson for the State Department, added that Monday was &#8220;another day&#8221;. <em>Free Beacon<\/em> According to reports, a &#8220;deal regarding the exchange of prisoners has been reached are another especially cruel lie that only adds to the suffering of their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the administration acknowledged that hostage negotiations are ongoing, officials could not give an exact status update. The State Department official who was asked about diplomatic details of a possible deal declined to answer the question. <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, &#8220;We will not go into the details of any diplomatic efforts underway; as you can imagine, such discussions are sensitive and highly consequential for the U.S. citizens who have been wrongfully detained.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran&#8217;s foreign minister, fueled the fires about a possible deal over the weekend. He claimed that the United States and Tehran were close to signing a deal &#8220;prisoner swap&#8221; This could allow Iran to access $7 billion of currently frozen funds. In 2015, the Obama administration reached a similar agreement that allowed Iran to receive $400 million in cash as part of a $1.7billion total payment. A large portion of that money went to Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/iran-spends-1-7-billion-u-s-taxpayer-funds-boost-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Was spent<\/a> Supporting Iran&#8217;s military.<\/p>\n<p>The White House National Security Council charged Iran&#8217;s foreign minister with spreading falsehoods.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, Iranian officials will not hesitate to make things up, and the latest cruel claim will cause more heartache for the families of Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, and Morad Tahbaz,&#8221; The official stated. &#8220;We call on Iran to release our citizens without delay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the State Department&#8217;s announcement, Iran&#8217;s claims took off. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/special-envoy-for-hostage-affairs-carstens-travel-to-qatar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An announcement<\/a> On Sunday, Roger Carstens, the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Relations, will be visiting Qatar. He will be there from Monday through Wednesday. &#8220;engage with government representatives and stakeholders on matters related to the resolution of wrongful detention and hostage cases worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rumours about a deal are fueling concerns that the Biden administration might agree to freeze $7 billion of Iranian assets as part a prisoner swap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If $1.7 billion encouraged the regime to take additional hostages, $7 billion will guarantee much more hostage-taking to come,&#8221; Think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/2023\/03\/13\/us-iran-may-be-negotiating-payoff-american-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> A Monday analysis of the rumored agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Goldberg, the former director of countering Iranian weapons-of-mass destruction at The White House National Security Council, warned against giving in to Iran\u2019s demands for money.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/tik-tok-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbads&#038;utm_campaign=bantiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Washington should not be using frozen funds tied to terrorism to provide budget support to the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism as it plots terror attacks against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil,&#8221; Goldberg stated in a statement. &#8220;Rather, the United States should put maximum pressure on Iran until all U.S. hostages are released.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/u-s-says-no-deal-with-iran-over-american-hostages\/\">U.S. Rejects Iran Deal Over American Hostages<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi (Getty Images) The Biden administration is working to secure the release of several Americans wrongfully detained in Iran but called Iranian reports over the weekend that a hostage agreement had been reached an &#8220;especially cruel lie.&#8221; &#8220;Claims by Iranian officials that we have reached a deal for the release of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":1891646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4123,3715,21509,3823,7238],"class_list":["post-1875772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-american","tag-deal","tag-hostages","tag-iran","tag-u-s"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}