The USA gives the Iranian rulers money in exchange for five hostages. This deal is a slap in the face to all protesters.
At least Cristiano Ronaldo from the Al-Nassr club feels comfortable as a guest of the Islamic Republic
There is probably no one who is not happy when innocently imprisoned hostages be released from the prisons of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the joy over the release of the US hostages is quickly clouded by the circumstances: the US is giving six billion US dollars to those in power in Tehran. Money that had previously been frozen by sanctions.
Supporters of the deal claim that the money should only be used for humanitarian purposes, such as medicine. Medicines that doctors in Iran cannot prescribe to injured protesters because they are not allowed to treat them. Drugs that the regime administers to detainees in prisons to poison and kill them, such as 32-year-old protester Javad Rouhi.
The deal is a slap in the face to those who have been protesting tirelessly against the regime for a year. In doing so, the USA is primarily stabbing the numerous Iranian workers in the back, who have been on strike for a year now and are trying to drain the system financially. A few days after the anniversary of the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini this is particularly perfidious.
The Biden administration is not just deceiving the protesters in Iran: at least two other detainees are being abandoned, including German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd living in the United States. The fact that Sharmahd was not included in the deal sealed his execution in Iran.
The US ransom payment may free five hostages in the short term, but in the long term it increases the number Hostage diplomacy of the Islamic Republic. If you reward a criminal for his actions, you shouldn’t be surprised if these crimes become more common. A transatlantic alliance is needed to develop a common strategy to combat the Islamic Republic’s hostage diplomacy.
