Could you tell more about $150 billion being Iranian money? I don’t remember reading that at all (which means nothing!). I read that the $1.6 (or 7) billion was because of $400 million Iranian money which was confiscated when the Iranian revolution occurred; that $400 mil was in the US as payment for something other other (weaponry?) and was kept. And it sort of turned into $1.6/7 billion.
Where did the $150 billion come from?
>>Where did the $150 billion come from?<<
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It was Iranian assets frozen in the international banking system by the sanctions against their nuclear program. (The amount is apparently an estimate, not a hard number.) When Obama dropped the sanctions, that money was released.
Remember, almost all oil sales are still denominated in U.S. dollars ... which means “We” have these big international money flows in reach.
The “We” is in scare quotes because, of course, the banking system is an international cartel. But it does happen to be denominated in U.S. Dollars, so U.S. policy has a major influence on the geopolitical aspect ... until the day they want to change horses. (Not there yet.)
The $1.8 billion was due to an arms transaction that started back in 1979, but was terminated when the thugs captured our embassy. The original amount on deposit was $400 million, but Obama allowed it to be paid back with interest making the full payment (the paper money) about $1.8 billion.
And I always heard Islam was against the payment of interest!
In any event, when they seized our embassy and declared war on the U.S. THEY FORFEITED THIS MONEY.
It’s almost like Obama said we LOST THE WAR ... and have to pay reparations.
His illegal and treasonous actions probably exceed even the Clintons.
There’s the problem: If Soetoro wanted to ‘normalize’ Iranian banking going back to 1979 (or later bank freezes) then he would have had to make arrangements through American banks to release those assets. No one seems to know where the money came from that was loaded onto multiple pallets, unmarked, in various national denominations.