{"id":1979509,"date":"2023-07-21T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-jails-fourth-american-while-biden-admin-negotiates-swap-for-three-others\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T13:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:21:46","slug":"iran-jails-fourth-american-while-biden-admin-negotiates-swap-for-three-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-jails-fourth-american-while-biden-admin-negotiates-swap-for-three-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth American imprisoned in Iran as Biden administration negotiates exchange for three others."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Firan-jails-fourth-american-while-biden-admin-negotiates-swap-for-three-others%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=1979509&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--><h2>The Iranian Government Detains Fourth U.S. Citizen, Complicating Negotiations for Release of \u2062Others<\/h2>\n<p>The Iranian government\u2064 has detained a fourth U.S. citizen, potentially complicating the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/44-senate-republicans-demand-biden-ends-nuclear-talks-with-iran-over-israel-palestine-conflict\/\" title=\"44 Senate Republicans Demand Biden Ends Nuclear Talks With Iran Over Israel-Palestine Conflict\">ongoing negotiations<\/a> \u200cto free three other imprisoned Americans in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The imprisonment of the American, who remains unnamed, was hinted at by\u200b National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in a Sunday\u200b interview \u200don \u2064CBS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2063 have tried very hard to secure the release of the \u2064four unjustly detained Americans\u200b in Iran; we have done so since the day that President Biden took office,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>Three \u200bIranian-Americans\u2014Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, \u200cand Morad Tahbaz\u2014remain in custody in \u2062Iran. The \u2062White House\u2063 has engaged in talks to free the group and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/20\/2023\/iran-detains-a-fourth-american-complicating-prisoner-talks\">weighing<\/a> the release of frozen Iranian funds in exchange for their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides were nearing an agreement before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cleveland-browns-defensive-tackle-arrested-charged-with-public-exposure-and-attacking-police-officer\/\" title=\"Cleveland Browns Defensive Tackle Arrested, Charged With Public Exposure And Attacking Police Officer\">fourth arrest<\/a>, <em>Al-Monitor<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2023\/07\/fourth-us-citizen-detained-iran\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Last \u2063month, Washington and Tehran appeared to\u200c be on the \u2062verge of an \u2063agreement \u2063that would bring home the three Americans in exchange for Iran gaining limited \u200baccess to billions of dollars in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-jails-fourth-american-while-biden-admin-negotiates-swap-for-three-others\/\" title=\"Fourth American imprisoned in Iran as Biden administration negotiates exchange for three others.\">assets \u2064frozen abroad<\/a>. \u200cOmani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, whose country has helped facilitate the prisoner talks, told Al-Monitor in a June 14 interview \u2062that \u2063the two sides were &#8220;close&#8221; \u2062to a\u200c deal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A person\u2063 familiar \u200bwith the negotiations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/07\/20\/2023\/iran-detains-a-fourth-american-complicating-prisoner-talks\">told<\/a> <em>Semafor<\/em> that the\u2063 new detention will not affect talks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Multiple senior officials at the State Department in the last few weeks have privately emphasized the U.S. and Iran have already \u200cagreed the\u2063 fourth American\u200d will be part of any deal and there are no delays\u2064 being caused by [the person\u2019s] inclusion,&#8221; the individual \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>The families of\u200b those detained have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/families-of-americans-detained-in-iran-pressure-white-house-to-bring-loved-ones-home\">criticized<\/a> the Biden administration&#8217;s slow action in negotiating their \u200dfreedom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I honestly don&#8217;t understand why the president hasn&#8217;t called us, why he won&#8217;t speak with us,&#8221; \u200bHannah Shargi, the daughter \u200bof one of the prisoners, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/families-of-americans-detained-in-iran-pressure-white-house-to-bring-loved-ones-home\">said<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>The families\u2064 said they have tried to talk with Biden several times \u200dbut have \u2063not been successful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re \u200cthree daughters begging for \u200dour president to \u2063talk to us, to bring our dads home. And I&#8217;d like \u200cto see\u2062 that happen,&#8221; Shargi said.<\/p>\n<p>Another daughter,\u200b Tara Tahbaz, said she handed Biden\u200d a letter weeks before asking for a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now we knew that he directly knows from\u2063 our families \u2062that we&#8217;re asking for this meeting,&#8221; Tahbaz said. &#8220;And 44 days\u2062 have gone by and we are still sitting\u200d here wondering why. What will it take for him to give us time to meet with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Published under:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/iran\/\" title=\"View all posts in Iran\">Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the release of three imprisoned Americans in Iran, but now a fourth citizen has been detained. This poses a challenge for the Biden administration&#8217;s negotiations. 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