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Don't let the facts bite you in the asss - here they are
Posted on: May 17, 2017 at 19:36:57 CT
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This WAS Iran money from a long time ago - here you have it.
From a report with Steve Inskeep of NPR and Karim Sadjadpour. He's with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
INSKEEP: And so what was the cash?
SADJADPOUR: The cash was $400 million in multiple currencies - Swiss francs, euros, U.S. dollars - that was part of an overall $1.7 billion that was sent to Iran which was money left over from the Shah's time which Iran was owed.
INSKEEP: Let's remind people - back in 1979, change of government in Iran's revolution, the U.S. froze a lot of Iranian assets. This is money from back in those days, is that right?
SADJADPOUR: That's right, yeah.
INSKEEP: So this is money that Iran said it was owed that it was suing for. And the United States did make the payment on the same day. So before we get into how this appeared, was this, strictly speaking, a ransom payment?
SADJADPOUR: Well, I don't think you can call it a ransom because it was money that Iran was owed. At the same time, when the administration says this was purely a coincidence, that the money was exchanged at the same time that the hostages were released, I think that's also fanciful. I think this was clearly a quid pro quo.
From a report with Steve Inskeep of NPR and Karim Sadjadpour. He's with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
INSKEEP: And so what was the cash?
SADJADPOUR: The cash was $400 million in multiple currencies - Swiss francs, euros, U.S. dollars - that was part of an overall $1.7 billion that was sent to Iran which was money left over from the Shah's time which Iran was owed.
INSKEEP: Let's remind people - back in 1979, change of government in Iran's revolution, the U.S. froze a lot of Iranian assets. This is money from back in those days, is that right?
SADJADPOUR: That's right, yeah.
INSKEEP: So this is money that Iran said it was owed that it was suing for. And the United States did make the payment on the same day. So before we get into how this appeared, was this, strictly speaking, a ransom payment?
SADJADPOUR: Well, I don't think you can call it a ransom because it was money that Iran was owed. At the same time, when the administration says this was purely a coincidence, that the money was exchanged at the same time that the hostages were released, I think that's also fanciful. I think this was clearly a quid pro quo.
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Don't let the facts bite you in the asss - here they are - raskolnikov MU - 5/17 19:36:57