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US to pay Iran $1.7 bn in debt and interest (dating to the Islamic revolution): Kerry
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 1/17/16 | AFP

Posted on 01/17/2016 9:34:21 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Washington (AFP) - 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.

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: debt; hostageprisionerswap; interest; iran; kerry; obamairan
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To: NormsRevenge
Yeah, looks like 0 and Lurch got rolled again.,

Sure am glad Odumazz got all that "international respect" back for the U.S.

21 posted on 01/17/2016 10:04:40 AM PST by skimbell
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To: NormsRevenge

Do we get today’s value on the money taken out for SS forty years ago?


22 posted on 01/17/2016 10:06:52 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: NormsRevenge

All I can say is pathetic! POTUS, SoS, Congress. The whole lot of ‘em. I’m not voting for another incumbent ever again, no matter which party.


23 posted on 01/17/2016 10:10:56 AM PST by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Don't forget whatever was on those boats that 0 rattled out as well as the ten terrorist that Odumazz set free from Gitmo.

Just got a feeling those goat humpers were a sweetener.

24 posted on 01/17/2016 10:12:05 AM PST by skimbell
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To: NormsRevenge

But, of course, Obama will not deduct that money from the money he plans to give Iran to buy down the oil prices.


25 posted on 01/17/2016 10:12:31 AM PST by Eva
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To: NormsRevenge

this is f***ing treason.


26 posted on 01/17/2016 10:16:32 AM PST by RC one (race baiting and demagoguery-if you're a Democrat it's what you do.)
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To: NormsRevenge

So how much does it work out to that the
Obama admin is paying Iran for the murder of each marine?


27 posted on 01/17/2016 10:22:22 AM PST by piasa
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To: Travis McGee

Yeppers, day one I said there would be a big check written on our tax dollars. No matter what the WH claims it is for, this is just the tip of the iceberg.


28 posted on 01/17/2016 10:22:39 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: NormsRevenge

Putting aside the loss of human life, and the time lost by the hostages from their lives, what about the cost of the helicopters we lost in the desert, the cost of mission preparation, AND, what it has cost and in costing us to protect ourselves from the terrorism they support and export? That we are sending them even a dime is ludicrous. We should be controlling their oil wells until we feel sufficiently compensated.


29 posted on 01/17/2016 10:25:53 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: pgyanke

And Iran is still holding American hostages- Obama didn’t even bother to negotiate for them.


30 posted on 01/17/2016 10:27:44 AM PST by piasa
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To: NormsRevenge

Iran has their own Donald Trump it seems. Making the US pay for everything.


31 posted on 01/17/2016 10:47:23 AM PST by taterjay
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To: NormsRevenge

This administration should write a book: How to Encourage Countries to Engage in Hostage Taking


32 posted on 01/17/2016 11:51:48 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: Stand W

Unbelievers pay it in lieu of back-jiziya.


33 posted on 01/17/2016 1:37:31 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Actual statement link; http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/01/251338.htm


34 posted on 01/17/2016 6:37:47 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: NormsRevenge

It’s bizarro world.


35 posted on 01/18/2016 10:55:36 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: Red in Blue PA

This administration should write a book: How to Encourage Countries to Engage in Hostage Taking. ................. LOL, they’ve been doing it all along. What do you think Benghazi was about? Weapons? It was most likely a MB operation to get a prize hostage, so they could get their #1 hero released from prison in the USA via a trade. It had to be done that way, because the current Administration, could not comply with a request to release the individual, without creating an outrage domestically that would have ruined Obama’s re-election. (Whether or not there was collusion involved remains to be seen.)


36 posted on 01/18/2016 7:48:08 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft
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To: NormsRevenge

The Iranian Victory is COMPLETE! Please send this news VIRAL: Iran SEIZED our two small, PT-style boats from INTERNATIONAL waters and kidnapped the crew, in a BOLD demonstration of pure POWER over the Wimp of the White House. Read the 2nd comment, by Matt Bracken, linked below:
http://bit.ly/1nf3vTw


37 posted on 01/19/2016 2:09:48 PM PST by 2harddrive
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