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发帖数: 61690 | 1 U.S. made 2 wire payments to Iran before sending $1.7 billion in cash
By LOUIS NELSON 09/18/16 07:29 AM EDT
The United States made at least two separate payments to the Iranian
government via wire transfer within the last 14 months, a Treasury
Department spokesman confirmed Saturday, contradicting explanations from
President Barack Obama that such payments were impossible.
Responding to questions at an Aug. 4 press conference about a $400 million
payment delivered in cash to the Iranian government, Obama said, “[T]he
reason that we had to give them cash is precisely because we are so strict
in maintaining sanctions and we do not have a banking relationship with Iran
that we couldn't send them a check and we could not wire the money.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/us-iran-payments-wire-transfer-228324#ixzz4KbnUksWN
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