#shorts On 9/13/2023, Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich asked, “What do you say to the criticism that this is only going to go against all these efforts to deter Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? I mean, this came right after the IAEA director said that the international community is losing interest in holding Iran accountable, that these violations are routine. And now we’re making this deal where they’re going to have money to use for humanitarian purposes but, to Peter’s point, freeing up $6 billion that they can pull from other places to use for proxy attacks or building a nuclear weapon. How do you argue against that?

MR. KIRBY: I think I — I think I answered that question before, but I’ll try it another way: We’ll continue to hold them accountable for destabilizing activities. This arrangement to get these Americans home is separate and distinct from the way we are holding Iran accountable for all their destabilizing activities

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/AN8xzI1ICUI
Q: against all these efforts to deter Iran? A: separate & distinct from holding Iran accountable