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Not to the let the facts get in the way of some good old fashioned ignorant, misinformed hating and fear mongering but... 

 

<div>This is actually the result of a long-running claims process that had been at The Hague. In 1979, there was obviously an Iranian revolution that abruptly severed relations between our two countries. And prior to that revolution, the U.S. government had entered into an agreement with the then-Iranian government to transfer about $400 million in military equipment to the Iranian government. Once the revolution took place, obviously that equipment was not transferred, but we also didn't return Iran's money either. So that money essentially was held in what could, I think -- essentially in an escrow account.
 
And for more than 30 years now, the Iranians have been using this claims process at The Hague to try to recover that $400 million.This resolution that we agreed to was to return the $400 million and also to pay about $1 billion in interest. Now, the reason that this ends up being a very good deal for taxpayers is that our exposure, when it came to paying interest, could have been much higher. The Iranians were actually seeking $7 billion to $8 billion in interest payments. And I think that's an indication of how the interests of taxpayers were very well served by reaching this settlement.
 
The process leading up to the extensively and delicately negotiated settlement was also covered in detail by major news organizations at the time: 
 
The United States is to repay Iran a $400 million debt and $1.3 billion in interest dating to the Islamic revolution, Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday.
 
The repayment, which settles a suit brought under an international legal tribunal, is separate from the tens of billions of dollars in frozen foreign accounts that Iran can now access after the end of nuclear sanctions.
 
But the timing of the announcement, one day after the implementation of the Iran nuclear accord, will be seen as pointing to a broader clearing of the decks between the old foes.
 
http://www.snopes.com/2016/08/03/obama-b...prisoners/
 

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I'd just like to take a few minutes to discuss the absurdity of what was just posted.  Timing and ransom aside, I think that has been discussed enough and frankly is pretty obvious.  

 

We gave the #1 state sponsor of terror 400 million dollars in cash that is impossible to trace and someone actually said, well at least we saved the tax payers some interest payments?  Really?  This is what our country has been reduced to?  So the soldiers in foreign theaters of operation that get blown u by IED's and other devices purchased with this money should thank their lucky stars that their tax liability was reduced by 1 1millionth of one percent while he is in line for his prosthetic limbs?  If Israel gets hit with a suitcase nuke we are just supposed to sit back and say, well...  hey what a really great deal!

 

We made a deal with a government that we had an established diplomatic relationship with.  The fact that the current government enacted a Coup against them means we should have blown them off the @!#%^ MAP!  Interest!  You're really going to post a @#$$%^^&^&&&U Article about INTEREST!!!!  We just made a deal to release 150 billion dollars to Iran in a nuke deal that we are helping them cheat on.  And we couldn't get this wiped off the map?  What about the damage to the US Embassy and the fact that they tortured the soul of the country by holding our country hostage?  What about the human rights violations?  Are we asking them to pay for those?  What about playing the families of the soldiers that they wounded in Iraq?  What about the debt they owe to the world for exporting terror to every continent except antartica?

 

INTEREST???  REALLY?

 

The world has gone STARK RAVING MADDDDDDDDDD!

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