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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 03:27 PM Jan 2016

U.S. prisoners leave Iran for U.S. base as Obama hails win for diplomacy

Source: Reuters

World | Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:51pm EST

U.S. prisoners leave Iran for U.S. base as Obama hails win for diplomacy

WASHINGTON/ANKARA | BY LESLEY WROUGHTON AND PARISA HAFEZI

Three Iranian-Americans left Tehran for a U.S. base in Germany on Sunday under a prisoner swap following the lifting of most international sanctions on Iran under a deal that President Barack Obama said had cut off Tehran's path to a nuclear bomb.

In a sign of sustained readiness to track Iranian compliance with remaining United Nations curbs, the United States imposed fresh sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran's ballistic missile program.

The Obama administration had delayed the step for more than two weeks during tense negotiations to free five American prisoners, according to people familiar with the matter. Iran conducted a precision-guided ballistic missile test last October, violating a U.N. ban.

"This is a good day because once again we are seeing what’s possible through strong American diplomacy," Obama said at the White House. "These things are a reminder of what we can achieve when we lead with strength and with wisdom."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-idUSKCN0UV07P
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U.S. prisoners leave Iran for U.S. base as Obama hails win for diplomacy (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2016 OP
Glad to see they all will be home bluestateguy Jan 2016 #1

bluestateguy

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1. Glad to see they all will be home
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 03:35 PM
Jan 2016

And we didn't even have to start a massive war and kill countless civilians to do it either.

Dumbass warhawks fail to grasp that had we bombed Iran, they simply would have killed the prisoners.

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