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Vance’s admission contradicts what he said on Friday, when he claimed in an X post that Iran would not be “receiving any cash, and no funds are being released simply for signing a deal or attending a meeting.” In addition to the U.S. and its allies paying $300 billion in reconstruction funds, Iran reports that the U.S. has agreed to release $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

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[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Uhm, guys? This is not good

[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

The US owes Iran - and the middle-east in general - a lot more than $300 billion.

And remember - this is essentially a bribe the US is paying in lieu to Iran demanding the end of sanctions... which, in my mind, is what Iran should be doing instead.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

the "deal" also includes an end to the sanctions… you are never truly fucked until a senile child rapsit negotiates a deal for you

[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 hours ago

The more I see of it, the more I'm convinced it's a "deal" Trump has zero intention of honouring.

Most likely it's a dirty and cheap ploy to buy time to prepare for the next attack.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, the US does owe the people of Iran but I dont know how to feel about the US giving this much money to a regime which has a long record of human rights violations

[–] therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

If Iran only uses that money to repair one hospital it will still be money well spent.

There's no reason to lose any sleep over this - especially considering that the only reason Iran has this theocratic state to start off with is because of US meddling in the first place. Iran's government - just like the Taliban in Afghanistan - is now virtually unassailable, once again, thanks to the US.

Iran's people will now have to deal with this government that has been supercharged by the US and Israel - and we are not helping them by deciding for them what kind of government they should or should not have.

[–] on8wingedangel@hexbear.net 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Peace is good, handing over 300 billion dollars to a theocratic state is not.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The US federal government and many of its states are in fact theocratic if it makes you feel any better

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, like how many billions have they handed over to Israel, or the Gulf States. The hypocrisy is astounding. OP is a grade A chauvinist.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

A great way to avoid this in the future would be to stay the fuck out of Iran's business. And it is a good thing, they need to rebuild the infrastructure that you psychotic murderers destroyed. This will help the people of Iran more than bombs or failed colour revolutions.