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Iranian claim for compensation dismissed in 2009
Canada Free Press
by Rolf Yungclas
8/9/2016
Excerpt:
In the midst of accusations that the Obama Administration’s payment of a negotiated claim by Iran for compensation was actually a ransom for hostages, a Speakin’ Out exclusive shows that the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal had actually dismissed Iran’s claim for compensation in July of 2009.
The accusations arose last Wednesday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry received a letter from Representative Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, asking Kerry to appear at a future committee hearing to discuss the payment of $400 million to Iran on January 17.
But in a Washington Post article published in October 22, 2009, former negotiator at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal John B. Bellinger III reported that the claim, which was paid to Iran with bundled euros in an unmarked airliner on January 17, 2016, had actually been dismissed:
But somehow, that claim was reinstated, and President Obama announced on January 17, 2016, without any of the actual details, that it was being paid to the Iranians:
“The United States and Iran are now settling a long-standing Iranian claim against the United States government. Iran will be returned its own funds, including appropriate interest, but much less than the amount Iran sought.”
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View the complete article at:
http://canadafreepress.com/article/i...missed-in-2009
Canada Free Press
by Rolf Yungclas
8/9/2016
Excerpt:
In the midst of accusations that the Obama Administration’s payment of a negotiated claim by Iran for compensation was actually a ransom for hostages, a Speakin’ Out exclusive shows that the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal had actually dismissed Iran’s claim for compensation in July of 2009.
The accusations arose last Wednesday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry received a letter from Representative Jason Chaffetz, the chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee, asking Kerry to appear at a future committee hearing to discuss the payment of $400 million to Iran on January 17.
But in a Washington Post article published in October 22, 2009, former negotiator at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal John B. Bellinger III reported that the claim, which was paid to Iran with bundled euros in an unmarked airliner on January 17, 2016, had actually been dismissed:
“In July [2009], the tribunal dismissed, 5 to 4, Iran’s claim for $2.2 billion in compensation for military equipment that had been ordered by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi but that the U.S. government had refused to allow U.S. companies to deliver after the hostage crisis.”
But somehow, that claim was reinstated, and President Obama announced on January 17, 2016, without any of the actual details, that it was being paid to the Iranians:
“The United States and Iran are now settling a long-standing Iranian claim against the United States government. Iran will be returned its own funds, including appropriate interest, but much less than the amount Iran sought.”
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View the complete article at:
http://canadafreepress.com/article/i...missed-in-2009