Iranian President: We’ll Spend Money from Prisoner Swap How We Want

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Iranian President: We’ll Spend Money from Prisoner Swap How We Want

Ian Hanchett 12 Sep 2023

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stated that the money that will be unfrozen under Iran’s prisoner swap with the United States “belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran and naturally, we will decide, the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide to spend it wherever we need it.”

Host Lester Holt asked, “You believe this money was wrongfully taken from Iran, but what is your expectation of its use? We’re told that it’s for humanitarian purposes, food and medicine. Do you believe you have the right to use that money in any way that you see fit?”

Speaking through an Iranian government-provided translator, Raisi responded, “This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and naturally, we will decide, the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide to spend it wherever we need it.”

Holt then asked, “So, if I hear you clearly, that it will be used for more than humanitarian purposes in your view?”

Through the translator, Raisi answered, “Humanitarian means whatever the Iranian people [need]. So, this money will be budgeted for those needs, and the needs of the Iranian people will be decided and determined by the Iranian government.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/09/12/iranian-president-well-spend-money-from-prisoner-swap-how-we-want/

[mystery-ak]

  sure, whatever!

White House: Iran Can’t Use Swap Money How They Want, ‘Plausible’ They’re Using This to Play to Domestic Audience

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby reacted to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s vow that Iran will spend the $6 billion it will gain access to from a prisoner swap with the United States however it feels by stating that the claim isn’t true and it’s “perfectly plausible” that Raisi was “playing to his domestic audience there in Iran.”

Kirby said, “No, that’s not true. The system is set up such that this money — these funds can only be parcelled out for humanitarian purposes, food, medicine, construction of medical facilities, or even educational purposes, but that each and every withdrawal is going to go through a series of checks and balances. Checks by the Treasury Department, checks by the Qatari National Bank, and, quite frankly, there’ll be a check on what they can withdraw based on aid organizations and whatever companies need to be contracted to help deliver these goods or these resources into Iran. So, everything will be parcelled out based on need. We will have visibility and oversight over each of those withdrawal requests. And if we don’t approve it, it won’t get approved for delivery to Iran. So, this is not a blank check for them. It is very much going to be monitored. And there will be quite a bit of oversight before any dollars — not dollars, any money can be spent.”

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[Kamaji]

sure, whatever!

White House: Iran Can’t Use Swap Money How They Want, ‘Plausible’ They’re Using This to Play to Domestic Audience

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby reacted to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s vow that Iran will spend the $6 billion it will gain access to from a prisoner swap with the United States however it feels by stating that the claim isn’t true and it’s “perfectly plausible” that Raisi was “playing to his domestic audience there in Iran.”

Kirby said, “No, that’s not true. The system is set up such that this money — these funds can only be parcelled out for humanitarian purposes, food, medicine, construction of medical facilities, or even educational purposes, but that each and every withdrawal is going to go through a series of checks and balances. Checks by the Treasury Department, checks by the Qatari National Bank, and, quite frankly, there’ll be a check on what they can withdraw based on aid organizations and whatever companies need to be contracted to help deliver these goods or these resources into Iran. So, everything will be parcelled out based on need. We will have visibility and oversight over each of those withdrawal requests. And if we don’t approve it, it won’t get approved for delivery to Iran. So, this is not a blank check for them. It is very much going to be monitored. And there will be quite a bit of oversight before any dollars — not dollars, any money can be spent.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/09/12/white-house-iran-cant-use-swap-money-how-they-want-plausible-theyre-using-this-to-play-to-domestic-audience/

What these idiots in the White House don't realize is that money is fungible.  So Iran will not spend the $6B in those bank accounts on weapons; instead, they will reduce their spending on "humanitarian" needs in other areas - money that they would have spent anyways - by $6B, use those savings for weapons, and then use the $6B the Bidet administration is giving them to replace the spending cuts they made elsewhere.

Easy peasy.