The US is set to unfreeze Iranian assets worth $6 billion ;and 5 Iranian prisoners, in exchange for releasing 5 hostages .

Great job at diplomacy Quid !!!



They include businessmen Siamak Namazi, 51, and Emad Sharqi, 59, as well as environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, 67, who also holds British nationality, the U.S. administration has said. The Tahbaz and Shargi families did not respond to requests for comment. A lawyer for the Namazi family declined to comment.
The identities of the fourth and fifth Americans, one of whom according to two sources is a woman, have not been disclosed. Reuters couldn't establish which Iranian prisoners, in turn, would be swapped by the U.S.

Iran, US on verge of prisoner swap under Qatar-mediated deal | Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-us-verge-prisoner-swap-under-qatar-mediated-deal-2023-09-10/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&utm_term=091823)


Guessing the Iranians to be released are criminals ;spies ,terrorists .

Can't wait to see what the give away will be for the resumption of the JCPOA deal .

U.S. officials stressed that the Iranian government will only be able to use the $6 billion for humanitarian transactions, such as purchasing food, medicine, medical devices and agricultural products.


lol I wonder if drones delivered to Russia are "humanitarian" ?

This move comes at the same time Iran expelled a third of UN nuke inspectors from the country shaping the playing field for further BS ing Quid's JCPOA negotiators.

Iran Expels IAEA Nuclear Inspectors | OilPrice.com (https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iran-Expels-IAEA-Nuclear-Inspectors.html)

And yet polls show a race between Trump and JB to be very close. Surely the repubs can come up with a candidate who can beat the worst pres in the past fifty years.

This swap of cash for prisoners worked so well that Quid wants to do it again,

Biden Mulls Approval of Fresh $10 Billion for Iran (freebeacon.com) (https://freebeacon.com/national-security/biden-mulls-approval-of-fresh-10-billion-payment-to-iran/)

Is this to get Hamas to release hostages in Gaza ; or an attempt to get Iran to stop their proxies from attacking US troops ?

Add to the many nicknames for Joe Biden ................Neville Biden

got another variant . Since the trading $$$ for hostages is working for jihadistan ;Maduro of Venezuela said why not try it here ? Another hostage ;another US concession.


A California man’s family is pleading for his release after they say he was wrongfully arrested in Venezuela and held for tens of thousands of dollars in ransom just days after the Biden administration eased crippling oil sanctions on the socialist-run government.
Savoi Wright’s Oct. 24 arrest, which had not been previously reported, has become the latest flashpoint in the tenuous relationship between the U.S. and Nicolás Maduro’s government that critics say should lead to a return to sanctions.
But all Wright's family wants is for the 38-year-old businessman to be returned home. They know precious little about the circumstances of his arrest. No criminal charges have been filed, he has not been allowed to see a lawyer and the Venezuelan government hasn’t said where he is being held.



“It’s a nightmare. It’s like you’re watching a horror movie but you’re in it,” his mother, Erin Stewart, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from her Oakland home.


American arrested in Venezuela just days after Biden administration eases oil sanctions (yahoo.com) (https://news.yahoo.com/american-arrested-venezuela-just-days-191302084.html)



At least eight more Americans — including five oil executives and three veterans — remain imprisoned (https://apnews.com/article/business-venezuela-south-america-caracas-cd8687646a688d18110d903d5d334a86) in Venezuela, and U.S. officials insist they are being used as political bargaining chips.

L.A. lawyer among 3 Americans jailed in Venezuela in March - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-13/venezuela-jails-americans-amid-us-outreach)

He has learned from Iran et al that the US can be compelled to make concessions with the taking of hostages .

In this case what Quid wants is pretty obvious. He has run out of strategic reserves to flood the market to control oil prices. So the only way he can prevent a price hike prior the elections is to get Venezuela to pump baby pump.

<sarc> it worked before right ? </sarc>

Oil prices: Biden turns to countries he once sought to avoid to find help shutting off Russia's oil money | CNN Politics (https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/politics/joe-biden-saudi-arabia-venezuela-iran-russia-oil/index.html)