{"id":497393,"date":"2021-05-11T18:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T22:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=497393"},"modified":"2021-05-11T18:20:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T22:20:43","slug":"joe-biden-wanted-to-gift-iran-200-billion-right-after-9-11-no-strings-attached-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-wanted-to-gift-iran-200-billion-right-after-9-11-no-strings-attached-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Wanted To Gift Iran $200 Billion Right After 9\/11 \u2018No Strings Attached\u2019: Report"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fjoe-biden-wanted-to-gift-iran-200-billion-right-after-9-11-no-strings-attached-report%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=497393&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4239.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden reportedly wanted to send Iran $200 billion \u201cno strings attached\u201d in the weeks immediately following the 9\/11 terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran,\u201d Biden reportedly said at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/05\/09\/joe-biden-relationship-iran-485786?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=0000014e-f100-dd93-ad7f-f905cbc20000&#038;nlid=630318\">according<\/a> to a report from POLITICO released Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, then a senator, apparently made the suggestion as an attempt at a \u201cgrand gesture\u201d to strengthen American\/Iranian ties. He was immediately shut down by staffers (emphasis added):<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"26.443092962641\">\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-0\"><em>The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, which led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, also helped improve relations somewhat. Iran, a Shia Muslim-majority country, did not care for the extreme Sunni Islamist government of the Taliban in Afghanistan and was happy to see the U.S. topple it. Iran\u2019s government even reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.files.ethz.ch\/isn\/93911\/Audit_10_08_Rubin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"helped fund and supply (opens in a new window)\">helped fund and supply<\/a> the leaders of Northern Alliance militias that the U.S. turned to for help in ousting the Taliban government. But U.S. President George W. Bush\u2019s decision to list Iran as an \u201cAxis of Evil\u201d nation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/onpolitics\/transcripts\/sou012902.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"his January 2002 State of the Union speech (opens in a new window)\">his January 2002 State of the Union speech<\/a> dealt a blow to the improving ties.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-1\"><em>Biden, though, didn\u2019t want to give up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\" story-text__paragraph\" data-content-child-index=\"0-2\"><strong><em>In the weeks immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks, Biden \u2014 known for a lack of verbal discipline \u2014 suggested to aides \u2026\u00a0that maybe America should make a grand gesture of sorts to a region often suspicious of its motives. \u201cSeems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran,\u201d Biden is quoted as saying. (The offhand suggestion did not go over well with his staffers, one of whom responded: \u201cI think they\u2019d send it back.\u201d)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a speech to the American Iranian Council following the 9\/11 attacks, Biden \u201cspoke of how ordinary Iranians had held candlelight vigils for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, and how the countries had cooperated to some degree in Afghanistan,\u201d the report said. \u201cBiden even invited Iranian lawmakers to meet with him, wherever and whenever they would like.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.397590361446\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TIL in the weeks after 9\/11, Biden suggested to aides that maybe America should make a grand gesture of sorts to a region often suspicious of its motives. \u201cSeems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OxNLYNlaus\">pic.twitter.com\/OxNLYNlaus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1392156923655557122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden was vice president in 2015 when the Obama administration inked a controversial nuclear deal with Iran \u2014 an agreement later abandoned by the Trump administration when Iran failed to comply with stipulations of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-to-restart-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-iran-wants-return-to-2015-agreement\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, \u201cSome experts believe that Iran never truly complied with the boundaries set in place by the Obama administration, and the Trump administration dropped the deal and reimposed sanctions on the religious dictatorship in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made,\u201d then-President Donald Trump said of the agreement. \u201cIt didn\u2019t bring calm, it didn\u2019t bring peace, and it never will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was reported last month that\u00a0Biden is seeking help from European allies to restore the nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama\/Biden administration also notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2018\/03\/01\/was-obamas-1-7-billion-cash-deal-with-iran-prohibited-by-u-s-law\/\">gave<\/a> Iran $1.7 billion in Jan. 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn\u00a0Jan. 17, 2016, the day after four American detainees, including The Washington Post\u2019s Jason Rezaian, were released, a jumbo jet carrying $400 million in euros, Swiss francs and other currencies landed in Tehran,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2018\/03\/01\/was-obamas-1-7-billion-cash-deal-with-iran-prohibited-by-u-s-law\/\">The Washington Post<\/a> reported. \u201cThat money purportedly was partial payment of an outstanding claim by Iran for U.S. military equipment that was never delivered. Soon after, $1.3 billion in cash followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-to-restart-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-iran-wants-return-to-2015-agreement\">Biden Admin To Restart \u2018Indirect\u2019 Nuclear Talks With Iran, Wants Return To 2015\u00a0Agreement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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