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unionstrong
@boxox said ↗https://armscontrolcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Fact-check-iran-deal-1.pdf"The money transferred to Iran by the Obama administration originated from a multi-billion-dollar Foreign Military Sales (FMS) trust fund established by the pre-1979 Iranian government. Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, those arms purchases were voided, leading Iran to pursue legal arbitration.The total $1.7 billion settlement was paid out via the U.S. Treasury's Judgment Fund, a taxpayer-funded account permanently approved by Congress to pay legal settlements against the U.S. government. The $1.7 billion settlement consisted of: $400 million: The original principal placed in the Iranian trust fund for undelivered military equipment. $1.3 billion: Compromise interest accrued on the funds over the decades.Because sweeping U.S. and international sanctions legally barred direct transactions with Iran through the standard international banking system, the administration delivered the settlement entirely in cash using non-U.S. foreign currencies. The initial $400 million cash payment coincided with the release of American detainees held in Iran, though the administration stated the diplomatic negotiations and legal settlements were handled on separate, parallel tracks."In other words, our money. A deal which would still have allowed them to develop a nuclear weapon. Increase your meds, you’re backsliding.
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"The money transferred to Iran by the Obama administration originated from a multi-billion-dollar Foreign Military Sales (FMS) trust fund established by the pre-1979 Iranian government. Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, those arms purchases were voided, leading Iran to pursue legal arbitration.The total $1.7 billion settlement was paid out via the U.S. Treasury's Judgment Fund, a taxpayer-funded account permanently approved by Congress to pay legal settlements against the U.S. government.The $1.7 billion settlement consisted of:
- $400 million: The original principal placed in the Iranian trust fund for undelivered military equipment.
- $1.3 billion: Compromise interest accrued on the funds over the decades.
Because sweeping U.S. and international sanctions legally barred direct transactions with Iran through the standard international banking system, the administration delivered the settlement entirely in cash using non-U.S. foreign currencies. The initial $400 million cash payment coincided with the release of American detainees held in Iran, though the administration stated the diplomatic negotiations and legal settlements were handled on separate, parallel tracks."
In other words, our money.
After
"The money transferred to Iran by the Obama administration originated from a multi-billion-dollar Foreign Military Sales (FMS) trust fund established by the pre-1979 Iranian government. Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, those arms purchases were voided, leading Iran to pursue legal arbitration.The total $1.7 billion settlement was paid out via the U.S. Treasury's Judgment Fund, a taxpayer-funded account permanently approved by Congress to pay legal settlements against the U.S. government.The $1.7 billion settlement consisted of:
- $400 million: The original principal placed in the Iranian trust fund for undelivered military equipment.
- $1.3 billion: Compromise interest accrued on the funds over the decades.
Because sweeping U.S. and international sanctions legally barred direct transactions with Iran through the standard international banking system, the administration delivered the settlement entirely in cash using non-U.S. foreign currencies. The initial $400 million cash payment coincided with the release of American detainees held in Iran, though the administration stated the diplomatic negotiations and legal settlements were handled on separate, parallel tracks."
In other words, our money. A deal which would still have allowed them to develop a nuclear weapon. Increase your meds, you’re backsliding.