OPINION:
After the Obama administration paid Iran $400 million in cash, in the dead of night, only after the hostages took off from Iran, Iran has decided that it wants more American hostages because the money was that good. In fact a couple Americans have been abducted since the ransom was paid earlier this year. Now even the State Department admits it’s a lucrative trade for Iran and they want to rinse, repeat.
The State Department issued an updated travel warning on Monday for Americans, especially Iranian-Americans, on the risks of travel to Iran, even after the U.S. signed a nuclear deal and made a $400 million cash payment to the country that was contingent on the release of four American prisoners, reports Fox News.
The warning says that Iranian authorities continue to “detain and imprison U.S. citizens, particularly Iranian-Americans, including students, journalists, business travelers, and academics, on charges including espionage and posing a threat to national security.”
“Iranian authorities have also prevented the departure, in some cases for months, of a number of Iranian-American citizens who traveled to Iran for personal or professional reasons,” the warning continues. “U.S. citizens traveling to Iran should very carefully weigh the risks of travel and consider postponing their travel.
But don’t worry, as the White House says, it wasn’t ransom, it was only paid on contingency. Look for other rogue nations as well to try and bilk the United States out of blood money after the incompetent and illegal acts of this president.
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