Thread by @MorganOrtagus

1 - The Biden administration is on the verge of providing a large cash infusion to the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran.

This deal could violate U.S. law by providing Iran with $17-24 BILLION dollars. 🧵

2 - Biden's deal with Iran could unlock $7B frozen in South Korean banks, ~$10B in Iraqi banks, and access to $6.7B in IMF funds.

Part of these funds would be used to pay billions in ransom payments for three innocent Americans in Iranian jails.

3 - According to the @nytimes, the U.S. would also stop enforcing sanctions against Iranian oil exports - which provides funding for Iran's chief terror group, the IRGC, with tens of billions of dollars each year.
nytimes.com/2023/06/14/us/…

4 - This is Iranian nuclear extortion, and in return we are only asking them to stop enriching uranium at 60% purity, which they only started doing under Biden.

This doesn't keep them a single day further away from a bomb. They have more than enough material already.

5 - Biden's diplomats have been trying to avoid congressional oversight by pretending they don't have a "deal".

They are playing verbal gymnastics as this "unwritten" deal may break the 2015 INARA law that requires submission of any deal to Congress.

6 - To be clear, ANY deal in ANY form is required to be submitted to Congress for a 30-day review period BEFORE sanctions relief. Even an unwritten deal.

It's right here in the U.S. code ⬇️

7 - But Biden's officials told a meeting of 100 Senators on May 17 there was no negotiations on a deal. So why is wrong? @nytimes or the Admin?

According to more media reports, there have been secret meetings by Rob Malley & Brett McGurk with Iranians.
jewishinsider.com/2023/05/iran-n…

8 - Congress needs to act NOW to stop the payments of billions in hostage ransoms, and potentially breaking the law.

They should start by using their rights to snapback all sanctions on Iran.
fdd.org/analysis/2021/…

9 - This deal is not in our national interest and is a betrayal of the Iranian people who have been protesting for months. #womenlifefreedom

10 - The funds Iran would get from this deal wouldn't go to hospitals, schools, and roads - it'll go to torture chambers, terrorism, and more secret police.

We know that because the data is public - I wrote about it here:
washingtonexaminer.com/politics/irans…