Friday, July 21, 2017

President Trump Warns Of 'Serious Consequences' Unless Iran Releases Detained Americans



Reuters: Trump warns of 'serious consequences' unless Iran releases detained Americans: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face "new and serious consequences" unless all unjustly detained American citizens are released and returned, the White House said in a statement on Friday.

Trump urged Iran to return Robert Levinson, an American former law enforcement officer who disappeared more than 10 years ago in Iran, and demanded that Tehran release businessman Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer.

The statement capped a week of rhetoric against Tehran. On Tuesday, Washington slapped new economic sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile program and said Tehran's "malign activities" in the Middle East undercut any "positive contributions" coming from the 2015 nuclear accord.

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Update #1: Trump Warns Iran Faces 'Serious Consequences' Unless Frees U.S. Prisoners (RFE)
Update #2: White House warns of 'serious consequences' if Iran doesn't release Americans (The Hill)

WNU Editor: Iran is not listening. They are more focused on this .... US poisons atmosphere by imposing new anti-Iran sanctions (Mehr News Agency).

9 comments:

Jay Farquharson said...

Well, he's a Republican, so "serious consequences" probably means free weapons, technology and cash, smuggled in via Israel, for the IRGC,

with a side dish of Central American cocaine smuggled into the US by the CIA/SOF to pay for it, off the books.

fred said...

now now Jay
what he means is that he will tell Putin to please please help me out and I will try to lift sanctions and if those people come back I will be loved much more that obama or hillary (lock her up)

Jay Farquharson said...

Na,....guns, drugs and money laundered cash payment's are much more Adolph Twitler's style,

You know, along with angry 6.45 am tweets,

Who know's, maybe General Sulameni will get a 666 5th Ave Penthouse for pennies on the dollar.

Anonymous said...

Spot on Jay, but you forgot $$$ for the Israeli deal brokers.... Nimrodi, Milchan, Kritz .... etc. Everybody got to get paid.

And if you are Netanyahu hopefully Iran gets bombed. Don't worry
it'll work out just fine. 'Murica.

Jac said...

We never being serious with Iran. G.W. Bush put Iran as an "axis of devil", but what did he do? Nothing, Obama did the same. I understand Iran feel free to do just what they want now...they even are able to threat USA!
Only action can make the right thing on the right place, but do we have the gut for doing it? I strongly doubt about it.

Anonymous said...

"we" .. you'll be at home watching it on CNN

Jac said...

Anonymous,
You are right, I will be watching on CNN. If I take your thinking we have to disband all our military because all the other one "will watch on CNN". That's a bright thinking! Bravo!

fazman said...

Yeah better to not give a damn about your citizens and leave them to rot.

fred said...

CNN? thought that was fake news.Memory flash: Jimmy Carter loses election because 52 American hostages in Iran held when GOP operatives pay Iran money to hold them till after the election!