Biden Administration’s Iran Hostage Deal a ‘Slap in the Face,’ Dissidents Say

The swap-and-ransom deal is completed at the same time that Iranian enforcers prepared to clamp down on renewed protests in the wake of the anniversary of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death.

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Iran's president, Ebrahim Raisi, at Tehran, August 29, 2023. AP/Vahid Salemi

Flying on an airline that is under American sanctions, Iran’s president — who has also been sanctioned by Washington — lands at New York Monday as President Biden erodes the Iran sanctions regime by completing a $6 billion hostage deal that regime opponents consider a “slap in the face.”

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