The propaganda film was shown a month after the January prisoner release in Iran but was unknown in the West until Friday. It described the swap as 'a win-lose deal that benefits the Islamic Republic of Iran and hurts the United States'
President Jimmy Carter presided over a series of failed negotiations for the release of 53 American hostages held in Iran during his presidency, and authorized a failed rescue mission in which eight U.S. servicemen were killed in airplane crashes.
Iranian state-run media in Tehran did indeed videotape the arrival of a January 17 flight carrying $400 million in cash from the United States – and the money itself – judging from a documentary that aired the following month in the Islamic republic.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been in a firestorm of controversy since first claiming on Wednesday to have seen 'secret' footage of money being offloaded from an aircraft.
He admitted Friday morning on Twitter what his campaign had said more than a day earlier, that he had seen ordinary archival footage of a different plane, carrying American hostages freed from Iran arriving in Geneva Switzerland after the money changed hands.
But it turns out he may have been right without knowing it.
Iranian state television broadcast this image of a shipping pallet stacked with cash in February as part of a propaganda film framing a January U.S. prisoner swap as a victory for Tehran
Iranian state television broadcast this image of a shipping pallet stacked with cash in February as part of a propaganda film framing a January U.S. prisoner swap as a victory for Tehran
The documentary described this plane as arriving in the dead of night with the money, exactly the scenario that Donald Trump was criticized for describing three times this week
The documentary described this plane as arriving in the dead of night with the money, exactly the scenario that Donald Trump was criticized for describing three times this week
The Iranian video was aired February 15 on the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting television network, as part of a documentary called 'Rules of the Game.'
A narrator, speaking in Persian, describes a money-for-hostages transaction over video clips of a plane on an airport tarmac in the dead of night and a photo of a giant shipping pallet stacked with what appear to be banknotes.
The federal government shipped what many are calling a ransom payment in Euros and other non-U.S. currencies.
The copy of the documentary footage DailyMail.com obtained is not of high enough quality to determine which nation's banknotes are depicted.
None of the footage is stamped with a date or time, making it impossible to know when it was shot.
And the broadcaster blurred out one portion of the screen, covering up something resting on top of the mountain of money.
But the documentary begins with a narration saying: 'In the early morning hours of January 17, 2016 at Mehrabad Airport, $400 million in cash was transported to Iran on an airplane.'
The film describes the Obama administration's prisoner swap and Iran's cash windfall from Tehran's point of view as 'a win-lose deal that benefits the Islamic Republic of Iran and hurts the United States,' according to two English-language translations DailyMail.com obtained.
Iranian news clip allegedly shows video of hostage ransom money
Loaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00
The February Iranian TV documentary also said Republicans including Trump could learn the details of the one-sided prisoner swap in order to damage the eventual Democratic nominee's chances in the November election
The February Iranian TV documentary also said Republicans including Trump could learn the details of the one-sided prisoner swap in order to damage the eventual Democratic nominee's chances in the November election
Four Iranian hostages were released on January 17, including a journalist, a pastor and a U.S. Marine, in a cash deal that Republicans are describing as a quid-pro-quo
Four Iranian hostages were released on January 17, including a journalist, a pastor and a U.S. Marine, in a cash deal that Republicans are describing as a quid-pro-quo
Loose Lips sink ships!: Obama warns Trump
Trump fell on his sword Friday on Twitter, conceding that he was describing a different plan when he said there was footage of the cash drop – an assertion that turned out to be right
Trump fell on his sword Friday on Twitter, conceding that he was describing a different plan when he said there was footage of the cash drop – an assertion that turned out to be right
It outlines what Iran's mullahs promoted at the time as a one-sided transaction loaded with perks for Tehran.
'The Islamic republic made an expensive offer to the equation: the release of seven Iranian prisoners in the United States, $1.7 billion, and the lifting of sanctions against 16 Iranians who were prosecuted by the U.S. legal system with the unjust excuse of sanctions violations,' the narrator intones.
'But this was not all the Iranians' demands. Lifting sanctions against Sepah Bank was added to Iran's list. All of this, in return for the release of only four American citizens: a win-lose deal that benefits the Islamic Republic of Iran and hurts the United States.'
Among the four freed Americans were Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, pastor Saeed Abedini and U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The White House was quick to insist on Thursday that the Obama administration had not paid for their release.
'Let me be clear: The United States does not pay ransom, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said, questioning the motives of Republican who were 'falsely accusing us of paying a ransom.'
A day after his campaign clarified that he had actually seen archival video of the U.S. prisoners arriving in Switzerland
President Barack Obama told reporters: 'We do not pay ransom. We didn't here. And we don't – we won’t in the future – precisely because if we did, then we would start encouraging Americans to be targeted, much in the same way that some countries that do pay ransom end up having a lot more of their citizens being taken by various groups.'
The IRIB network's producers framed the deal in election-year political terms, boasting that Iran had made the Obama administration vulnerable to Republican finger-pointing if they found out the terms of the deal.
'The Democrats' concerns were mostly due to the fact that Obama's rivals, the Republican presidential candidates, might find out the details of this deal through legal means,' the narrator says.
That, he adds, might lead them to 'use them against Democrats at the time of the next presidential election – just like what happened to Jimmy Carter.'
That's a reference to the 1979-1981 crisis in which 52 American citizens including many diplomats were held hostage for 444 days in Iran.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter tried numerous times to negotiate for the hostages' release – with Iranian officials stringing him along while days passed, only to call off potential deals at the last minute.
Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign seized on that weakness and used it as a centerpiece of his successful 1980 run for the White House.
The hostages were sent home on the day of Reagan's inauguration.
Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, committed a series of unforced errors this week related to the January swap of money for captives.
He declared Wednesday during a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida that 'a perfect tape' of the cash arriving in Tehran was 'done by, obviously, a government camera, and the tape is of the people taking the money off the plane, right?'
'That means that in order to embarrass us further, Iran sent us the tapes. Right? It's a military tape. It was a tape that's a perfect angle, nice and steady, nobody getting nervous because they're going to be shot because they're shooting a picture of money pouring off a plane.'
Trump repeated the claim to a reporter from WPEC-TV in Palm Beach: 'They have all the camera equipment outside taking pictures of the stuff coming off the plane.'
Amid questions about whether he had disclosed classified information from a national security briefing, his campaign admitted hours later that he had never seen any secret footage and was instead referring to ordinary videotape of the hostages' safe arrival in Geneva, Switzerland.
President Jimmy Carter presided over a series of failed negotiations for the release of 53 American hostages held in Iran during his presidency, and authorized a failed rescue mission in which eight U.S. servicemen were killed in airplane crashes
On Thursday the saga deepened when Trump told a crowd in Portland, Maine the same story he had woven a day earlier.
'A tape was made, right? You saw that, with the plane coming in. Nice plane. And the airplane coming in. And the money coming off, I guess, right?' the billionaire Republican asked his audience.
The Iranian footage aired in February shows the pallet of cash sitting still, not in the process of being unloaded.
'That was given to us – has to be – by the Iranians. And you know why the tape was given to us? They want to embarrass our country. And they want to embarrass our president. Because we have a president who's incompetent,' Trump continued.
'I mean, who would ever think that they would be taking all of this money off of the plane, and then providing us with the tape?'
He appeared to end the controversy Friday morning on Twitter, writing: 'The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran!'
Had he waited a few hours more, he may have been able to end his latest gaffe-driven media cycle with an I-told-you-so moment.
One of DailyMail.com's Persian translators, a native-speaker who lived in Iran until two years ago, said: 'This is Iranian practice 101. Of course they filmed it, and of course they broadcast it.'
'I wouldn't be surprised if someone advising Trump had seen the footage. And I'd be shocked if the White House didn't know about it the day after it aired.
Propaganda documentary suggests Iran DID videotape prisoner cash-swap
Iranian state-run media in Tehran videotaped the arrival of a January 17 flight carrying $400 million in cash from the U.S. – and the money itself – judging…
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
President Jimmy Carter presided over a series of failed negotiations for the release of 53 American hostages held in Iran during his presidency, and authorized a failed rescue mission in which eight U.S. servicemen were killed in airplane crashes.
Iranian state-run media in Tehran did indeed videotape the arrival of a January 17 flight carrying $400 million in cash from the United States – and the money itself – judging from a documentary that aired the following month in the Islamic republic.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been in a firestorm of controversy since first claiming on Wednesday to have seen 'secret' footage of money being offloaded from an aircraft.
He admitted Friday morning on Twitter what his campaign had said more than a day earlier, that he had seen ordinary archival footage of a different plane, carrying American hostages freed from Iran arriving in Geneva Switzerland after the money changed hands.
But it turns out he may have been right without knowing it.
Iranian state television broadcast this image of a shipping pallet stacked with cash in February as part of a propaganda film framing a January U.S. prisoner swap as a victory for Tehran
Iranian state television broadcast this image of a shipping pallet stacked with cash in February as part of a propaganda film framing a January U.S. prisoner swap as a victory for Tehran
The documentary described this plane as arriving in the dead of night with the money, exactly the scenario that Donald Trump was criticized for describing three times this week
The documentary described this plane as arriving in the dead of night with the money, exactly the scenario that Donald Trump was criticized for describing three times this week
The Iranian video was aired February 15 on the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting television network, as part of a documentary called 'Rules of the Game.'
A narrator, speaking in Persian, describes a money-for-hostages transaction over video clips of a plane on an airport tarmac in the dead of night and a photo of a giant shipping pallet stacked with what appear to be banknotes.
The federal government shipped what many are calling a ransom payment in Euros and other non-U.S. currencies.
The copy of the documentary footage DailyMail.com obtained is not of high enough quality to determine which nation's banknotes are depicted.
None of the footage is stamped with a date or time, making it impossible to know when it was shot.
And the broadcaster blurred out one portion of the screen, covering up something resting on top of the mountain of money.
But the documentary begins with a narration saying: 'In the early morning hours of January 17, 2016 at Mehrabad Airport, $400 million in cash was transported to Iran on an airplane.'
The film describes the Obama administration's prisoner swap and Iran's cash windfall from Tehran's point of view as 'a win-lose deal that benefits the Islamic Republic of Iran and hurts the United States,' according to two English-language translations DailyMail.com obtained.
Iranian news clip allegedly shows video of hostage ransom money
Loaded: 0%Progress: 0%0:00
The February Iranian TV documentary also said Republicans including Trump could learn the details of the one-sided prisoner swap in order to damage the eventual Democratic nominee's chances in the November election
The February Iranian TV documentary also said Republicans including Trump could learn the details of the one-sided prisoner swap in order to damage the eventual Democratic nominee's chances in the November election
Four Iranian hostages were released on January 17, including a journalist, a pastor and a U.S. Marine, in a cash deal that Republicans are describing as a quid-pro-quo
Four Iranian hostages were released on January 17, including a journalist, a pastor and a U.S. Marine, in a cash deal that Republicans are describing as a quid-pro-quo
Loose Lips sink ships!: Obama warns Trump
Trump fell on his sword Friday on Twitter, conceding that he was describing a different plan when he said there was footage of the cash drop – an assertion that turned out to be right
Trump fell on his sword Friday on Twitter, conceding that he was describing a different plan when he said there was footage of the cash drop – an assertion that turned out to be right
It outlines what Iran's mullahs promoted at the time as a one-sided transaction loaded with perks for Tehran.
'The Islamic republic made an expensive offer to the equation: the release of seven Iranian prisoners in the United States, $1.7 billion, and the lifting of sanctions against 16 Iranians who were prosecuted by the U.S. legal system with the unjust excuse of sanctions violations,' the narrator intones.
'But this was not all the Iranians' demands. Lifting sanctions against Sepah Bank was added to Iran's list. All of this, in return for the release of only four American citizens: a win-lose deal that benefits the Islamic Republic of Iran and hurts the United States.'
Among the four freed Americans were Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, pastor Saeed Abedini and U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati.
The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
The White House was quick to insist on Thursday that the Obama administration had not paid for their release.
'Let me be clear: The United States does not pay ransom, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said, questioning the motives of Republican who were 'falsely accusing us of paying a ransom.'
A day after his campaign clarified that he had actually seen archival video of the U.S. prisoners arriving in Switzerland
President Barack Obama told reporters: 'We do not pay ransom. We didn't here. And we don't – we won’t in the future – precisely because if we did, then we would start encouraging Americans to be targeted, much in the same way that some countries that do pay ransom end up having a lot more of their citizens being taken by various groups.'
The IRIB network's producers framed the deal in election-year political terms, boasting that Iran had made the Obama administration vulnerable to Republican finger-pointing if they found out the terms of the deal.
'The Democrats' concerns were mostly due to the fact that Obama's rivals, the Republican presidential candidates, might find out the details of this deal through legal means,' the narrator says.
That, he adds, might lead them to 'use them against Democrats at the time of the next presidential election – just like what happened to Jimmy Carter.'
That's a reference to the 1979-1981 crisis in which 52 American citizens including many diplomats were held hostage for 444 days in Iran.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter tried numerous times to negotiate for the hostages' release – with Iranian officials stringing him along while days passed, only to call off potential deals at the last minute.
Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign seized on that weakness and used it as a centerpiece of his successful 1980 run for the White House.
The hostages were sent home on the day of Reagan's inauguration.
Trump, the Republican Party's presidential nominee, committed a series of unforced errors this week related to the January swap of money for captives.
He declared Wednesday during a rally in Daytona Beach, Florida that 'a perfect tape' of the cash arriving in Tehran was 'done by, obviously, a government camera, and the tape is of the people taking the money off the plane, right?'
'That means that in order to embarrass us further, Iran sent us the tapes. Right? It's a military tape. It was a tape that's a perfect angle, nice and steady, nobody getting nervous because they're going to be shot because they're shooting a picture of money pouring off a plane.'
Trump repeated the claim to a reporter from WPEC-TV in Palm Beach: 'They have all the camera equipment outside taking pictures of the stuff coming off the plane.'
Amid questions about whether he had disclosed classified information from a national security briefing, his campaign admitted hours later that he had never seen any secret footage and was instead referring to ordinary videotape of the hostages' safe arrival in Geneva, Switzerland.
President Jimmy Carter presided over a series of failed negotiations for the release of 53 American hostages held in Iran during his presidency, and authorized a failed rescue mission in which eight U.S. servicemen were killed in airplane crashes
On Thursday the saga deepened when Trump told a crowd in Portland, Maine the same story he had woven a day earlier.
'A tape was made, right? You saw that, with the plane coming in. Nice plane. And the airplane coming in. And the money coming off, I guess, right?' the billionaire Republican asked his audience.
The Iranian footage aired in February shows the pallet of cash sitting still, not in the process of being unloaded.
'That was given to us – has to be – by the Iranians. And you know why the tape was given to us? They want to embarrass our country. And they want to embarrass our president. Because we have a president who's incompetent,' Trump continued.
'I mean, who would ever think that they would be taking all of this money off of the plane, and then providing us with the tape?'
He appeared to end the controversy Friday morning on Twitter, writing: 'The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran!'
Had he waited a few hours more, he may have been able to end his latest gaffe-driven media cycle with an I-told-you-so moment.
One of DailyMail.com's Persian translators, a native-speaker who lived in Iran until two years ago, said: 'This is Iranian practice 101. Of course they filmed it, and of course they broadcast it.'
'I wouldn't be surprised if someone advising Trump had seen the footage. And I'd be shocked if the White House didn't know about it the day after it aired.
Propaganda documentary suggests Iran DID videotape prisoner cash-swap
Iranian state-run media in Tehran videotaped the arrival of a January 17 flight carrying $400 million in cash from the U.S. – and the money itself – judging…
DAILYMAIL.CO.UK
[h=1]STATE DEPT. SAYS $400 MILLION CASH PAYMENT TO IRAN WAS CONTINGENT ON AMERICAN PRISONERS' RELEASE[/h]
It was a 30 year old issue!!!
You are so fucking dumb it is un-fucking-believable. Totally unbelievable. Why you continue to comment here is completely unclear.
STATE DEPT. SAYS $400 MILLION CASH PAYMENT TO IRAN WAS CONTINGENT ON AMERICAN PRISONERS' RELEASE
It was a 30 year old issue!!!
You are so fucking dumb it is un-fucking-believable. Totally unbelievable. Why you continue to comment here is completely unclear.
You only post stories and have only give an opinion one time....ONCE
"I still don't think Hillary will actually run"
this along with your 0-6 record......should really keep you forever quiet.
Go back to getting arrested for stalking your ex.
AUGUST 18, 2016 -
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S IRAN RANSOM LIE
Yesterday It Was Reported That The United States Made Their $400 Million Payment To Iran Contingent Upon The Release Of Hostages:
Yesterday It Was Reported That The United States Did Not Release $400 Million In Cash Payments To Iran Until Three American Hostages Left Iran On January 17.“New details of the $400 million U.S. payment to Iran earlier this year depict a tightly scripted exchange specifically timed to the release of several American prisoners held in Iran. The picture emerged from accounts of U.S. officials and others briefed on the operation: U.S. officials wouldn’t let Iranians take control of the money until a Swiss Air Force plane carrying three freed Americans departed from Tehran on Jan. 17.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
According To One Of The Hostages, A Senior Iranian Intelligence Official Told Him Their Departure From Iran “Was Contingent Upon The Movements Of A Second Airplane.” “One of the Americans released in January as part of the prisoner exchange, a pastor named Saeed Abedini, said he and other American prisoners were kept waiting at Mehrabad airport from Jan. 16 to the morning of Jan. 17. He said in an interview that he was told by a senior Iranian intelligence official at the time that their departure was contingent upon the movements of a second airplane.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,”The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
Earlier This Month President Obama And His Administration Said They Did Not Pay Off Iran To Release The Hostages:
On August 4, 2016 President Obama Said The Payment To Iran Was Not A “Ransom For Hostages.” “President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his decision to authorize a $400 million cash payment to Iran that coincided with the country’s release of American prisoners in January. Mr. Obama, speaking at a news conference at the Pentagon, pushed back on Republican charges that the cash delivery amounted to ransom. ‘We do not pay ransom for hostages,’ he said.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
Obama: “We Do Not Pay Ransom For Hostages.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
On August 3, 2016 State Department Spokesperson Kirby “Denied Any Link Between The Payment And The Prisoner Exchange” Saying The Negotiations Were Done By Two Separate Teams. “Senior U.S. officials denied any link between the payment and the prisoner exchange. They say the way the various strands came together simultaneously was coincidental, not the result of any quid pro quo. ‘As we’ve made clear, the negotiations over the settlement of an outstanding claim…were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home,’ State Department spokesman John Kirby said. ‘Not only were the two negotiations separate, they were conducted by different teams on each side, including, in the case of The Hague claims, by technical experts involved in these negotiations for many years.’”(Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Sent Cash To Iran As Americans Were Freed,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/3/16)
Iran Is Recognized As “The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism”:
National Director Of Intelligence James Clapper: “Iran—The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism—Continues To Exert Its Influence In Regional Crises In The Middle East.” “Iran—the foremost state sponsor of terrorism—continues to exert its influence in regional crises in the Middle East through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Qods Force (IRGC-QF), its terrorist partner Lebanese Hizballah, and proxy groups. It also provides military and economic aid to its allies in the region. Iran and Hizballah remain a continuing terrorist threat to US interests and partners worldwide. (James R. Clapper, Statement For The Record, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, PP. 10, 2/9/16)
The State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism Listed Iran As A State Sponsor Of Terrorism And Said That They Had Increased Their Activity In 2015.“Designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1984, Iran continued its terrorist-related activity in 2015, including support for Hizballah, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, and various groups in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. In 2015, Iran increased its assistance to Iraqi Shia terrorist groups, including Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), which is a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, as part of an effort to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and bolster the Asad regime in Syria. Iran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to implement foreign policy goals, provide cover for intelligence operations, and create instability in the Middle East. The IRGC-QF is Iran’s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists abroad.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Terrorist Groups Working Against U.S Interests In Their Region:
Iran Has Been Assisting Hizballah Rearm Since 2006 And Has Given Their Organization In Lebanon “Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars.” “Since the end of the 2006 Israeli-Hizballah conflict in 2006, Iran has also assisted in rearming Hizballah, in direct violation of UNSCR 1701. Iran has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support of Hizballah in Lebanon and has trained thousands of its fighters at camps in Iran. These trained fighters have used these skills in direct support of the Asad regime in Syria and, to a lesser extent, in support of operations against ISIL in Iraq. They have also carried out isolated attacks along the Lebanese border with Israel.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Funded And Armed Shia Terrorist Groups In Iraq That Have “Exacerbated Sectarian Tensions In Iraq And Have Committed Serious Human Rights Abuses Against Primarily Sunni Civilians.” “In Iraq, Iranian combat forces employed rockets, artillery, and drones against ISIL. Iran also increased its arming and funding of Iraqi Shia terrorist groups in an effort to reverse ISIL gains in Iraq. Many of these groups, such as KH, have exacerbated sectarian tensions in Iraq and have committed serious human rights abuses against primarily Sunni civilians. The IRGC-QF, in concert with Hizballah, provided training outside of Iraq, as well as advisors inside Iraq for Shia militants in the construction and use of advanced weaponry. Similar to Hizballah fighters, many of these trained Shia militants have used these skills to fight for the Asad regime in Syria or against ISIL in Iraq.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Hamas And Other Terrorist Groups Carrying Out Attacks Against Israel. “Iran has historically provided weapons, training, and funding to Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups, including Palestine Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. These Palestinian terrorist groups have been behind a number of deaths from attacks originating in Gaza and the West Bank. Although Hamas’s ties to Tehran have been strained due to the Syrian civil war, both sides took steps in 2015 to repair relations. Iran continued to declare its vocal support for Palestinian terrorist groups and its hostility to Israel in 2015. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Admiral Ali Shamkhani sought to frame a series of individual Palestinian attacks on Israeli security forces in the West Bank as a new “Intifada” in a speech on November 25.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Remained Unwilling To Bring Justice To Senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) Members.“Iran remained unwilling to bring to justice senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) members it continued to detain and refused to publicly identify the members in its custody. Iran previously allowed AQ facilitators to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iran since at least 2009, enabling AQ to move funds and fighters to South Asia and Syria.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S IRAN RANSOM LIE
President Obama’s Claim That The United States Did Not Pay Iran A Ransom To Release Hostages Appears To Be Contradicted By The Facts
Yesterday It Was Reported That The United States Made Their $400 Million Payment To Iran Contingent Upon The Release Of Hostages:
Yesterday It Was Reported That The United States Did Not Release $400 Million In Cash Payments To Iran Until Three American Hostages Left Iran On January 17.“New details of the $400 million U.S. payment to Iran earlier this year depict a tightly scripted exchange specifically timed to the release of several American prisoners held in Iran. The picture emerged from accounts of U.S. officials and others briefed on the operation: U.S. officials wouldn’t let Iranians take control of the money until a Swiss Air Force plane carrying three freed Americans departed from Tehran on Jan. 17.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
According To One Of The Hostages, A Senior Iranian Intelligence Official Told Him Their Departure From Iran “Was Contingent Upon The Movements Of A Second Airplane.” “One of the Americans released in January as part of the prisoner exchange, a pastor named Saeed Abedini, said he and other American prisoners were kept waiting at Mehrabad airport from Jan. 16 to the morning of Jan. 17. He said in an interview that he was told by a senior Iranian intelligence official at the time that their departure was contingent upon the movements of a second airplane.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,”The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
Earlier This Month President Obama And His Administration Said They Did Not Pay Off Iran To Release The Hostages:
On August 4, 2016 President Obama Said The Payment To Iran Was Not A “Ransom For Hostages.” “President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his decision to authorize a $400 million cash payment to Iran that coincided with the country’s release of American prisoners in January. Mr. Obama, speaking at a news conference at the Pentagon, pushed back on Republican charges that the cash delivery amounted to ransom. ‘We do not pay ransom for hostages,’ he said.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
Obama: “We Do Not Pay Ransom For Hostages.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
On August 3, 2016 State Department Spokesperson Kirby “Denied Any Link Between The Payment And The Prisoner Exchange” Saying The Negotiations Were Done By Two Separate Teams. “Senior U.S. officials denied any link between the payment and the prisoner exchange. They say the way the various strands came together simultaneously was coincidental, not the result of any quid pro quo. ‘As we’ve made clear, the negotiations over the settlement of an outstanding claim…were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home,’ State Department spokesman John Kirby said. ‘Not only were the two negotiations separate, they were conducted by different teams on each side, including, in the case of The Hague claims, by technical experts involved in these negotiations for many years.’”(Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Sent Cash To Iran As Americans Were Freed,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/3/16)
Iran Is Recognized As “The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism”:
National Director Of Intelligence James Clapper: “Iran—The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism—Continues To Exert Its Influence In Regional Crises In The Middle East.” “Iran—the foremost state sponsor of terrorism—continues to exert its influence in regional crises in the Middle East through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Qods Force (IRGC-QF), its terrorist partner Lebanese Hizballah, and proxy groups. It also provides military and economic aid to its allies in the region. Iran and Hizballah remain a continuing terrorist threat to US interests and partners worldwide. (James R. Clapper, Statement For The Record, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, PP. 10, 2/9/16)
The State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism Listed Iran As A State Sponsor Of Terrorism And Said That They Had Increased Their Activity In 2015.“Designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1984, Iran continued its terrorist-related activity in 2015, including support for Hizballah, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, and various groups in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. In 2015, Iran increased its assistance to Iraqi Shia terrorist groups, including Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), which is a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, as part of an effort to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and bolster the Asad regime in Syria. Iran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to implement foreign policy goals, provide cover for intelligence operations, and create instability in the Middle East. The IRGC-QF is Iran’s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists abroad.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Terrorist Groups Working Against U.S Interests In Their Region:
Iran Has Been Assisting Hizballah Rearm Since 2006 And Has Given Their Organization In Lebanon “Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars.” “Since the end of the 2006 Israeli-Hizballah conflict in 2006, Iran has also assisted in rearming Hizballah, in direct violation of UNSCR 1701. Iran has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support of Hizballah in Lebanon and has trained thousands of its fighters at camps in Iran. These trained fighters have used these skills in direct support of the Asad regime in Syria and, to a lesser extent, in support of operations against ISIL in Iraq. They have also carried out isolated attacks along the Lebanese border with Israel.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Funded And Armed Shia Terrorist Groups In Iraq That Have “Exacerbated Sectarian Tensions In Iraq And Have Committed Serious Human Rights Abuses Against Primarily Sunni Civilians.” “In Iraq, Iranian combat forces employed rockets, artillery, and drones against ISIL. Iran also increased its arming and funding of Iraqi Shia terrorist groups in an effort to reverse ISIL gains in Iraq. Many of these groups, such as KH, have exacerbated sectarian tensions in Iraq and have committed serious human rights abuses against primarily Sunni civilians. The IRGC-QF, in concert with Hizballah, provided training outside of Iraq, as well as advisors inside Iraq for Shia militants in the construction and use of advanced weaponry. Similar to Hizballah fighters, many of these trained Shia militants have used these skills to fight for the Asad regime in Syria or against ISIL in Iraq.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Hamas And Other Terrorist Groups Carrying Out Attacks Against Israel. “Iran has historically provided weapons, training, and funding to Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups, including Palestine Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. These Palestinian terrorist groups have been behind a number of deaths from attacks originating in Gaza and the West Bank. Although Hamas’s ties to Tehran have been strained due to the Syrian civil war, both sides took steps in 2015 to repair relations. Iran continued to declare its vocal support for Palestinian terrorist groups and its hostility to Israel in 2015. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Admiral Ali Shamkhani sought to frame a series of individual Palestinian attacks on Israeli security forces in the West Bank as a new “Intifada” in a speech on November 25.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Remained Unwilling To Bring Justice To Senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) Members.“Iran remained unwilling to bring to justice senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) members it continued to detain and refused to publicly identify the members in its custody. Iran previously allowed AQ facilitators to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iran since at least 2009, enabling AQ to move funds and fighters to South Asia and Syria.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
STATE DEPT. SAYS $400 MILLION CASH PAYMENT TO IRAN WAS CONTINGENT ON AMERICAN PRISONERS' RELEASE
It was a 30 year old issue!!!
You are so fucking dumb it is un-fucking-believable. Totally unbelievable. Why you continue to comment here is completely unclear.
He has an urgent need to cling to the Obama the hero myth, and will no matter what.
[h=6]- AUGUST 18, 2016 -[/h]
[h=1]BREAKING: STATE DEPT. CONFIRMS OBAMA’S NEW RANSOM PAYMENT POLICY TO TERRORISTS[/h]
“Today’s admission by the State Department that they paid a $400M ransom to release American hostages from Iran further cements Hillary Clinton’s role in crafting disastrous policies that have led to a more dangerous world. Already under fire for lying to the American people about her illegal email server, Clinton is continuing to align herself with an Administration that has continually lied to Americans as well. By helping put together a deal that ultimately sent $400M to Iran that was likely used to fund terrorism, Clinton has proven herself unfit to be president of the United States. ” – Jason Miller, Senior Communications Adviser
Today The State Department Admits That They Withheld $400 Million Dollar Iran Payment Until Hostages Were Released. QUESTION: “Getting away from the word leverage, in basic English you are saying you wouldn’t give them the 400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct?” STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY: “That’s Correct.” (Daily Press Briefing,, U.S. State Department, 8/18/16)
Yesterday It Was Reported That The United States Did Not Release $400 Million In Cash Payments To Iran Until Three American Hostages Left Iran On January 17.“New details of the $400 million U.S. payment to Iran earlier this year depict a tightly scripted exchange specifically timed to the release of several American prisoners held in Iran. The picture emerged from accounts of U.S. officials and others briefed on the operation: U.S. officials wouldn’t let Iranians take control of the money until a Swiss Air Force plane carrying three freed Americans departed from Tehran on Jan. 17.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
According To One Of The Hostages, A Senior Iranian Intelligence Official Told Him Their Departure From Iran “Was Contingent Upon The Movements Of A Second Airplane.” “One of the Americans released in January as part of the prisoner exchange, a pastor named Saeed Abedini, said he and other American prisoners were kept waiting at Mehrabad airport from Jan. 16 to the morning of Jan. 17. He said in an interview that he was told by a senior Iranian intelligence official at the time that their departure was contingent upon the movements of a second airplane.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,”The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
Earlier This Month President Obama And His Administration Said They Did Not Pay Off Iran To Release The Hostages:
On August 4, 2016 President Obama Said The Payment To Iran Was Not A “Ransom For Hostages.” “President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his decision to authorize a $400 million cash payment to Iran that coincided with the country’s release of American prisoners in January. Mr. Obama, speaking at a news conference at the Pentagon, pushed back on Republican charges that the cash delivery amounted to ransom. ‘We do not pay ransom for hostages,’ he said.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
Obama: “We Do Not Pay Ransom For Hostages.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
On August 3, 2016 State Department Spokesperson Kirby “Denied Any Link Between The Payment And The Prisoner Exchange” Saying The Negotiations Were Done By Two Separate Teams. “Senior U.S. officials denied any link between the payment and the prisoner exchange. They say the way the various strands came together simultaneously was coincidental, not the result of any quid pro quo. ‘As we’ve made clear, the negotiations over the settlement of an outstanding claim…were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home,’ State Department spokesman John Kirby said. ‘Not only were the two negotiations separate, they were conducted by different teams on each side, including, in the case of The Hague claims, by technical experts involved in these negotiations for many years.’” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Sent Cash To Iran As Americans Were Freed,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/3/16)
Iran Is Recognized As “The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism”:
National Director Of Intelligence James Clapper: “Iran—The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism—Continues To Exert Its Influence In Regional Crises In The Middle East.” “Iran—the foremost state sponsor of terrorism—continues to exert its influence in regional crises in the Middle East through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Qods Force (IRGC-QF), its terrorist partner Lebanese Hizballah, and proxy groups. It also provides military and economic aid to its allies in the region. Iran and Hizballah remain a continuing terrorist threat to US interests and partners worldwide. (James R. Clapper, Statement For The Record, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, PP. 10, 2/9/16)
The State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism Listed Iran As A State Sponsor Of Terrorism And Said That They Had Increased Their Activity In 2015.“Designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1984, Iran continued its terrorist-related activity in 2015, including support for Hizballah, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, and various groups in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. In 2015, Iran increased its assistance to Iraqi Shia terrorist groups, including Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), which is a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, as part of an effort to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and bolster the Asad regime in Syria. Iran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to implement foreign policy goals, provide cover for intelligence operations, and create instability in the Middle East. The IRGC-QF is Iran’s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists abroad.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Terrorist Groups Working Against U.S Interests In Their Region:
Iran Has Been Assisting Hizballah Rearm Since 2006 And Has Given Their Organization In Lebanon “Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars.” “Since the end of the 2006 Israeli-Hizballah conflict in 2006, Iran has also assisted in rearming Hizballah, in direct violation of UNSCR 1701. Iran has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support of Hizballah in Lebanon and has trained thousands of its fighters at camps in Iran. These trained fighters have used these skills in direct support of the Asad regime in Syria and, to a lesser extent, in support of operations against ISIL in Iraq. They have also carried out isolated attacks along the Lebanese border with Israel.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Funded And Armed Shia Terrorist Groups In Iraq That Have “Exacerbated Sectarian Tensions In Iraq And Have Committed Serious Human Rights Abuses Against Primarily Sunni Civilians.” “In Iraq, Iranian combat forces employed rockets, artillery, and drones against ISIL. Iran also increased its arming and funding of Iraqi Shia terrorist groups in an effort to reverse ISIL gains in Iraq. Many of these groups, such as KH, have exacerbated sectarian tensions in Iraq and have committed serious human rights abuses against primarily Sunni civilians. The IRGC-QF, in concert with Hizballah, provided training outside of Iraq, as well as advisors inside Iraq for Shia militants in the construction and use of advanced weaponry. Similar to Hizballah fighters, many of these trained Shia militants have used these skills to fight for the Asad regime in Syria or against ISIL in Iraq.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Hamas And Other Terrorist Groups Carrying Out Attacks Against Israel. “Iran has historically provided weapons, training, and funding to Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups, including Palestine Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. These Palestinian terrorist groups have been behind a number of deaths from attacks originating in Gaza and the West Bank. Although Hamas’s ties to Tehran have been strained due to the Syrian civil war, both sides took steps in 2015 to repair relations. Iran continued to declare its vocal support for Palestinian terrorist groups and its hostility to Israel in 2015. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Admiral Ali Shamkhani sought to frame a series of individual Palestinian attacks on Israeli security forces in the West Bank as a new “Intifada” in a speech on November 25.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Remained Unwilling To Bring Justice To Senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) Members.“Iran remained unwilling to bring to justice senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) members it continued to detain and refused to publicly identify the members in its custody. Iran previously allowed AQ facilitators to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iran since at least 2009, enabling AQ to move funds and fighters to South Asia and Syria.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
[h=1]BREAKING: STATE DEPT. CONFIRMS OBAMA’S NEW RANSOM PAYMENT POLICY TO TERRORISTS[/h]
“Today’s admission by the State Department that they paid a $400M ransom to release American hostages from Iran further cements Hillary Clinton’s role in crafting disastrous policies that have led to a more dangerous world. Already under fire for lying to the American people about her illegal email server, Clinton is continuing to align herself with an Administration that has continually lied to Americans as well. By helping put together a deal that ultimately sent $400M to Iran that was likely used to fund terrorism, Clinton has proven herself unfit to be president of the United States. ” – Jason Miller, Senior Communications Adviser
This Afternoon The U.S. State Department Confirmed President Obama And His Administration Lied About A $400 Million Ransom Payment To Iran
Today The State Department Confirmed The Obama Administration Paid Iran A $400 Million Ransom For Hostages:
Today The State Department Admits That They Withheld $400 Million Dollar Iran Payment Until Hostages Were Released. QUESTION: “Getting away from the word leverage, in basic English you are saying you wouldn’t give them the 400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct?” STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY: “That’s Correct.” (Daily Press Briefing,, U.S. State Department, 8/18/16)
Yesterday It Was Reported That The United States Did Not Release $400 Million In Cash Payments To Iran Until Three American Hostages Left Iran On January 17.“New details of the $400 million U.S. payment to Iran earlier this year depict a tightly scripted exchange specifically timed to the release of several American prisoners held in Iran. The picture emerged from accounts of U.S. officials and others briefed on the operation: U.S. officials wouldn’t let Iranians take control of the money until a Swiss Air Force plane carrying three freed Americans departed from Tehran on Jan. 17.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
According To One Of The Hostages, A Senior Iranian Intelligence Official Told Him Their Departure From Iran “Was Contingent Upon The Movements Of A Second Airplane.” “One of the Americans released in January as part of the prisoner exchange, a pastor named Saeed Abedini, said he and other American prisoners were kept waiting at Mehrabad airport from Jan. 16 to the morning of Jan. 17. He said in an interview that he was told by a senior Iranian intelligence official at the time that their departure was contingent upon the movements of a second airplane.” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners,”The Wall Street Journal, 8/17/16)
Earlier This Month President Obama And His Administration Said They Did Not Pay Off Iran To Release The Hostages:
On August 4, 2016 President Obama Said The Payment To Iran Was Not A “Ransom For Hostages.” “President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his decision to authorize a $400 million cash payment to Iran that coincided with the country’s release of American prisoners in January. Mr. Obama, speaking at a news conference at the Pentagon, pushed back on Republican charges that the cash delivery amounted to ransom. ‘We do not pay ransom for hostages,’ he said.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
Obama: “We Do Not Pay Ransom For Hostages.” (Carol E. Lee And Jay Solomon, “Obama Defends Cash Payment To Iran,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/4/16)
On August 3, 2016 State Department Spokesperson Kirby “Denied Any Link Between The Payment And The Prisoner Exchange” Saying The Negotiations Were Done By Two Separate Teams. “Senior U.S. officials denied any link between the payment and the prisoner exchange. They say the way the various strands came together simultaneously was coincidental, not the result of any quid pro quo. ‘As we’ve made clear, the negotiations over the settlement of an outstanding claim…were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home,’ State Department spokesman John Kirby said. ‘Not only were the two negotiations separate, they were conducted by different teams on each side, including, in the case of The Hague claims, by technical experts involved in these negotiations for many years.’” (Jay Solomon And Carol E. Lee, “U.S. Sent Cash To Iran As Americans Were Freed,” The Wall Street Journal, 8/3/16)
Iran Is Recognized As “The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism”:
National Director Of Intelligence James Clapper: “Iran—The Foremost State Sponsor Of Terrorism—Continues To Exert Its Influence In Regional Crises In The Middle East.” “Iran—the foremost state sponsor of terrorism—continues to exert its influence in regional crises in the Middle East through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Qods Force (IRGC-QF), its terrorist partner Lebanese Hizballah, and proxy groups. It also provides military and economic aid to its allies in the region. Iran and Hizballah remain a continuing terrorist threat to US interests and partners worldwide. (James R. Clapper, Statement For The Record, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, PP. 10, 2/9/16)
The State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism Listed Iran As A State Sponsor Of Terrorism And Said That They Had Increased Their Activity In 2015.“Designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1984, Iran continued its terrorist-related activity in 2015, including support for Hizballah, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, and various groups in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. In 2015, Iran increased its assistance to Iraqi Shia terrorist groups, including Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), which is a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, as part of an effort to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and bolster the Asad regime in Syria. Iran used the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to implement foreign policy goals, provide cover for intelligence operations, and create instability in the Middle East. The IRGC-QF is Iran’s primary mechanism for cultivating and supporting terrorists abroad.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Terrorist Groups Working Against U.S Interests In Their Region:
Iran Has Been Assisting Hizballah Rearm Since 2006 And Has Given Their Organization In Lebanon “Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars.” “Since the end of the 2006 Israeli-Hizballah conflict in 2006, Iran has also assisted in rearming Hizballah, in direct violation of UNSCR 1701. Iran has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support of Hizballah in Lebanon and has trained thousands of its fighters at camps in Iran. These trained fighters have used these skills in direct support of the Asad regime in Syria and, to a lesser extent, in support of operations against ISIL in Iraq. They have also carried out isolated attacks along the Lebanese border with Israel.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Funded And Armed Shia Terrorist Groups In Iraq That Have “Exacerbated Sectarian Tensions In Iraq And Have Committed Serious Human Rights Abuses Against Primarily Sunni Civilians.” “In Iraq, Iranian combat forces employed rockets, artillery, and drones against ISIL. Iran also increased its arming and funding of Iraqi Shia terrorist groups in an effort to reverse ISIL gains in Iraq. Many of these groups, such as KH, have exacerbated sectarian tensions in Iraq and have committed serious human rights abuses against primarily Sunni civilians. The IRGC-QF, in concert with Hizballah, provided training outside of Iraq, as well as advisors inside Iraq for Shia militants in the construction and use of advanced weaponry. Similar to Hizballah fighters, many of these trained Shia militants have used these skills to fight for the Asad regime in Syria or against ISIL in Iraq.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Been Funding Hamas And Other Terrorist Groups Carrying Out Attacks Against Israel. “Iran has historically provided weapons, training, and funding to Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups, including Palestine Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. These Palestinian terrorist groups have been behind a number of deaths from attacks originating in Gaza and the West Bank. Although Hamas’s ties to Tehran have been strained due to the Syrian civil war, both sides took steps in 2015 to repair relations. Iran continued to declare its vocal support for Palestinian terrorist groups and its hostility to Israel in 2015. Supreme National Security Council Secretary Admiral Ali Shamkhani sought to frame a series of individual Palestinian attacks on Israeli security forces in the West Bank as a new “Intifada” in a speech on November 25.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Iran Has Remained Unwilling To Bring Justice To Senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) Members.“Iran remained unwilling to bring to justice senior al-Qa’ida (AQ) members it continued to detain and refused to publicly identify the members in its custody. Iran previously allowed AQ facilitators to operate a core facilitation pipeline through Iran since at least 2009, enabling AQ to move funds and fighters to South Asia and Syria.” (State Department’s Annual Country Report On Terrorism, U.S. State Department, Chapter 3-State Sponsored Terrorism, 6/2/16)
Why would I avoid it, you fucking Lying WELCHER. What I said about it in the beginning, still holds. It's old news, that idiots keep trying to recycle.Another hot take from everyone's favorite fake campaign manager.
Don't worry, the resident dipshit doubled down on your fucking idiocy.
Gee, why is guesser avoiding this thread?
It is "Old News" that just broke yesterday and stuff!! And, the lies Obama told still hold!!!!
[h=1]U.S. Concedes $400 Million Payment to Iran Was Delayed as Prisoner ‘Leverage’[/h]
You're a fucking idiot. A total embarrassment.
On Aug. 3, Kirby tweeted that "reports of link between prisoner release & payment to Iran are completely false."
On Aug. 3, Kirby tweeted that "reports of link between prisoner release & payment to Iran are completely false."
Nobody is buying the laughing emoji. Your life is constant misery and you never laugh or smile.....that's why you're hated by everybody in your life. You are the guy that nobody wants to be near.
Iran Seeking ‘Many Billions of Dollars’ in Ransom to Free U.S. Hostages
Iran is seeking “many billions of dollars” in payments from the United States in exchange for the release of several U.S. hostages still being detained in Iran, according to reports by Iran’s state-controlled press that are reigniting debate over the Obama administration’s decision earlier this year to pay Iran $1.7 billion in cash.
Senior Iranian officials, including the country’s president, have been floating the possibility of further payments from the United States for months. Since the White House agreed to pay Tehran $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year as part of a deal bound up in the release of American hostages, Iran has captured several more U.S. citizens.
Future payments to Iran could reach as much as $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter, who said that Iran is detaining U.S. citizens in Iran’s notorious Evin prison where inmates are routinely tortured and abused.
Iranian news sources close to the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, which has been handling prisoner swaps with the United States, reported on Tuesday that Iran expects “many billions of dollars to release” those U.S. citizens still being detained.”
======
You are a literally wrong on every topic. Of course you and your dumb fuck fake millionaire friend are exposed as complete morons yet again.
