Historically, whatever a king or politician lacked in diplomatic acumen could be made up for with a generous donation. In this instance, Barack Obama generously paid 1.7 billion dollars to Iran for the release of 4 U.S. prisoners. Obama also granted clemency to seven Iranians and withdrew international arrest notices for 14 more.
Why the steep price tag?
Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naqdi claimed that the U.S. paid the money in order to secure the release of American spies. The claim was fiercely denied by the U.S. The figure comes from a $400 million dollar trust fund used by Iran to purchase military equipment prior to the breakdown of diplomatic ties in 1979. The money accrued 1.3 billion dollars in interest.
The prisoner swap came after a UN watch group confirmed that Iran had moved away from acquiring a nuclear bomb. As a result the US and Eu lifted the most severe sanctions that had been placed on Iran.
Read more about the exchange on page 2.
Why did congress allow interest paid on ruse non money magically frozen in a magic banks???? Total theft by congress.
YEAH OUR PRESIDENT IS PRETTY FUCKING SWIFT FOR A HALF BLACK MAN!
So the us government lies to its people hmmm , that’s something new who would have thought
You think???
I think they are just being paid more money to finance their own agenda towards a nuclear bomb. Dumbama keeps giving them money and weapons which is illegal. There are no sanctions to be lifted because Dumbama has allowed them to do whatever they want. We are nothing more than a cover for what is really happening there.
Obama is financing terrorism to support his brothers
Yep. And it made Valerie Jarrett the Iranian advisor to Obama very happy! She’s a witch!
yes and we had 7 of your spies//
He didn’t pay a ransom for the prisoners ! It was just an excuse to give the terrorists more money !
Wouldn’t doubt it. We paid for Bergdahl didn’t we?