{"id":1999514,"date":"2023-08-13T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-turner-expresses-concern-that-iran-prison-swap-deal-is-part-of-an-informal-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T22:40:37","slug":"mike-turner-expresses-concern-that-iran-prison-swap-deal-is-part-of-an-informal-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-turner-expresses-concern-that-iran-prison-swap-deal-is-part-of-an-informal-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Turner is worried that the Iran prison swap deal is part of an unofficial agreement."},"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\">32<\/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%2Fmike-turner-expresses-concern-that-iran-prison-swap-deal-is-part-of-an-informal-deal%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=1999514&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>Concerns Raised Over Iran Prison Swap Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Mike \u2064Turner\u2062 (R-OH) has expressed concerns over the recent Iran \u2062prison swap deal, stating that Congress should be\u2063 concerned if the deal becomes\u2062 &#8220;a secret deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Turner&#8217;s \u2062concerns\u2063 stem from the \u2063fact\u2062 that Congress has not \u200byet received the terms\u200d of the deal, and that the Biden administration could be\u200c pursuing an &#8220;informal deal&#8221; \u200ccompared to \u2064a formal \u200ddeal that would have Congressional\u200d oversight.<\/p>\n<h3>Debate on Key Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Though Turner expressed\u2064 support \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-launch-task-force-to-bring-home-americans-held-hostage-overseas\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Launch Task Force To Bring Home Americans Held Hostage Overseas\">bringing home<\/a> the United States residents from \u200bIran, his concern primarily is with how the administration will handle the deal,\u200b he \u2064stated on \u2063CBS&#8217;s Face the Nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We want the administration to work \u200bdiligently to bring American home- \u200cAmericans\u200c home, whether Iran or Russia or elsewhere, and our\u200c hearts certainly go out to them,&#8221; said Turner. &#8220;But in this instance, the administration\u2064 is \u2062signaling that this \u200bis part of a \u2063broader deal concerning Iran&#8217;s enrichment program and if\u200c that becomes a secret deal, then\u200d that&#8217;s obviously a great \u2064concern to Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The deal that President Joe\u200c Biden reached in regards\u200c to \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-babylon-bee-headlines-that-no-longer-sound-like-satire\/\" title=\"10 Babylon Bee Headlines That No Longer Sound Like Satire\">prisoner swap<\/a> was announced\u200d on \u2062Thursday, with five U.S. citizens from Iran \u2062receiving their freedom in exchange for several imprisoned Iranians, and \u2064$6 billion\u2062 in Iranian assets unfrozen. National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said the U.S. would continue to monitor the U.S. citizens, four of whom have been placed under house\u2062 arrest in a Tehran \u2064hotel.<\/p>\n<p>So far, \u2063three\u200b American prisoners have been identified as\u200d Siamak\u2063 Namazi, Morad\u200b Tahbaz, Emad Shargi; each were \u200dsentenced to 10 years in prison. The other two have opted\u2062 to remain private.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence, a\u2062 2024 \u2063presidential\u2064 candidate,\u200b has criticized the deal, saying that while he \u200cwelcomed the return \u2062of the imprisoned Americans, the president had \u200bauthorized &#8220;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-turner-expresses-concern-that-iran-prison-swap-deal-is-part-of-an-informal-deal\/\" title=\"Mike Turner is worried that the Iran prison swap deal is part of an unofficial agreement.\">largest ransom payment<\/a> in American \u200dhistory to the Mullahs in Tehran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here\u200c to read \u200cmore from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Iran \u200bwill now use this money \u200cto produce\u200b drones \u2064for Russia and\u200c fund terrorism against us \u2062and Israel. China and Russia, who are also holding Americans hostages, now know the price has \u2063just gone up,&#8221; Pence added. &#8220;Any rogue \u200bnation \u200dthat takes innocent Americans hostage\u200d during my Administration will be met with \u200dAmerican strength; they \u2062are\u200d forewarned that we will not pay ransoms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), \u200ca frequent \u200cBiden ally and senior House Democrat, has also\u2062 criticized the deal, warning that it could incentivize &#8220;criminal \u2063activities to \u200bprofit from\u2063 them.\u201d Hoyer added that this deal could inspire more\u200c \u201ckidnappings and shakedowns.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) is worried about the Iran prison swap deal, urging Congress to be cautious if it turns into a covert agreement. Turner&#8217;s concerns arise from Congress not having received the deal&#8217;s terms yet, raising the possibility of the Biden administration pursuing an unofficial arrangement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1999515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1999514","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}