What’s an extra $1.3 billion among friends for an ‘interest’ ransom payment? Not only did Obama give Iran $100 in frozen Iranian assets in the United States, but Obama and Jarrett threw in an extra $1.3 billion for interest on the assets held in America since 1981. On top of the interest, Obama, Jarrett and Kerry are giving Iran $400 million for ‘debt’ bring the grand total of $1.7 billion in extra tax payer money being sent to Iran.
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The United States is to repay Iran a USD 400 million debt and USD 1.3 billion in interest dating to the Islamic revolution, Secretary of State John Kerry said today.
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.
US President Barack Obama defended the settlement in a televised statement from the White House, saying it was for “much less than the amount Iran sought.”
“For the United States, the settlement could save us billions of dollars that could have been pursued by Iran. There was no benefit to the United States in dragging this out,” he said.
Kerry said the claim was in the amount of a USD 400 million trust fund used by Iran to purchase military equipment from the United States prior to the break in diplomatic ties, plus USD 1.3 billion in interests.
This extra $1.7 billion payment to Iran from the Obama-Jarrett-Kerry regime doesn’t seem to newsworthy here in America as no major outlet is bothering to cover this extra payment to Iran.