[RealJustme]

US to pay Iran $1.7 bn in debt and interest: 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 payment is separate from the tens of billions of dollars in frozen foreign accounts that Iran can now access after the end of nuclear sanctions. 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." Kerry, in defending the agreement, said that "Iran's recovery was fixed at a reasonable rate of interest and therefore Iran is unable to pursue a bigger tribunal award against us, preventing US taxpayers from being obligated to a larger amount of money." Kerry added there are more Iranian claims pending and that the United States would try to negotiate to resolve them.

Holly shit, it get's even more bazar, not only paying interest on the 150 billion but warning us we will be paying even more in the future.

[johnforbes]

Kerry never apologized for his disgraceful testimony to Congress in which he accused Viet vets of genocide, torture, etc worthy of Genghis Khan.

It is mindboggling how bad a "deal" this Iran mess really is.

[sillydaddy]

Re: Kerry thanks Iran for incident of detaining sailors
Postby Grog » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:31 am

Forbes can't answer, so I'll try you (I know, lol):

Do you know where the money he's "giving" them comes from?
G

Those accounts were frozen due to a dispute over arms sold to Iran and it was money owed to the US!

Now Obama is giving the money back and paying interest??? Holy shit!

Grog kept harping wanting to know where the money was going to come from.....

Well now he knows! :lol: