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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Report: $400 Million Iran Payment Held Until American Detainees Were Released

The U.S. government delayed its $400 million payment to Iran until the country released several American hostages, a new report suggests.

According to officials who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, once the American detainees were “wheels up” on Jan. 17, Iranian officials in Geneva were permitted to take the cash — made up of Swiss francs, euros and other currencies. The new revelation offers more fodder to critics who claim the payment was a ransom.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a one-time contender for the Republican presidential nomination, tweetedthat the details of the report “confirm secret payoff amounted to ransom.”

In a statement Wednesday evening, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus called on President Barack Obama’s administration to “drop the charade and admit it paid a $400 million ransom to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.”

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3 comments:

  1. Was that the navy men that took them hostage, when we failed to defend ourselves???? Smells like a rat, no wonder we just let them take out ship and the crew... It was a set up to get Iran money... Yet we want to go to war with Iran??? Yeah...

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  2. That Kerry boy better stay out of the a/c. It's some bad stuff, meaner than a junk yard ISIS. ISIL in his case.

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