{"id":8025,"date":"2023-11-01T19:54:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T18:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=8025"},"modified":"2024-01-18T19:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:59:22","slug":"u-s-release-of-iranian-assets-creates-conundrum-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2023\/11\/01\/u-s-release-of-iranian-assets-creates-conundrum-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Release of Iranian Assets Creates Conundrum for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2020\/11\/01\/erdogans-move-toward-an-islamic-caliphate\/eye-on-the-middle-east-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7281\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Critics are accusing President Joe Biden\u2019s administration of succumbing to extortion in its recent decision to give the Islamic Republic of Iran access to some $6 billion in frozen assets in exchange for the release of five Americans wrongfully held in Iranian prisons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>U.S. Release of Iranian Assets Creates Conundrum for Israel<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/u-s-release-of-iranian-assets-creates-conundrum-for-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel My Glory<\/a> | November 1, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Critics are accusing President Joe Biden\u2019s administration of succumbing to extortion in its recent decision to give the Islamic Republic of Iran access to some $6 billion in frozen assets in exchange for the release of five Americans wrongfully held in Iranian prisons. They describe the deal as \u201cthe largest hostage ransom payment in American history\u201d and \u201ca craven act of appeasement\u201d that \u201cdangerously further incentivizes hostage taking\u201d and \u201cprovides a windfall for regime aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/u-s-release-of-iranian-assets-creates-conundrum-for-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics are accusing President Joe Biden\u2019s administration of succumbing to extortion in its recent decision to give the Islamic Republic of Iran access to some $6 billion in frozen assets in exchange for the release of five Americans wrongfully held in Iranian prisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,233],"tags":[234,171,5,65,14,175],"class_list":["post-8025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-middle-east","tag-friends-of-israel","tag-geopolitics","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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