By JAVIER MANJARRES
President Obama is being accused striking the Iranian nuclear deal, with the use of a captured and convicted Iranian nuclear scientist, who was arrested in the United States back in 2011 for allegedly trying to buy technology that would, and could be used for Iran’s nuclear program.The State Department responded by saying talks in Geneva between Iran and six world powers focused solely on the nuclear issue, leaving no room for appeals on behalf of Pastor Saeed Abedini, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati and ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson. But recent reports say the U.S.-Iran negotiations that led to the Swiss talks included the release of an Iranian nuclear scientist arrested in 2011 for trying to aid his nation’s nuclear program by circumventing western sanctions.
State Department officials have maintained that the Obama administration has continued to press for the American trio’s freedom, just not as part of the nuclear talks. But Jay Sekulow, of the American Center for Law and Justice, who represents Abedini’s family, said freeing an Iranian prisoner while Americans languish in Tehran was wrong.
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Abedini was sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison, after he was accused of trying to establish home churches, a move Iranians believe would undermine their government and national security. Both President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, requested that Iran release Abedini, but nothing came of it.
But according to recent reports, while Obama and Kerry were calling for his release, they were secretly negotiating with the Iranians over their nuclear program.
Atarodi was released in April, according to the report. Atarodi is believed to be a vital player in Iran’s missile and nuclear programs, according to Israeli intelligence analyst, Ronen Solomon. Atarodi has published over 30 technical articles relating to micro-electric engineering and has even won awards for his research in this arena
“These claims are untrue,” an Obama administration official told Fox News without elaborating when asked about the Times of Israel report saying the scientist had been released. It was not clear if the official was denying Mojtaba Atarodi was released or simply disputing the context.-Fox News
President Obama has long trampled on the U.S. foreign policy of not negotiating with terrorists, first with his dealings with known terrorists is Afghanistan, and now the unfolding and unearthed longstanding negotiations with the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran.
While the U.S. State Department contends that the Obama administration is working to negotiate or “win the release” of the three Americans, if the allegations that the convicted Iranian nuclear scientist was used as a bargaining chip in the recent nuke deal, Obama’s loyalty to Americans could be called into question, for not considering the imprisoned Americans in the nuclear negotiations with Iran.
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