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Ayotte Statement on Administration's Secretive $400 Million Cash Ransom Payment to Iran

Statement

Date: Aug. 3, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Foreign Affairs Government Budget and Spending

U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte released the following statement today regarding reports that the administration sent $400 million in cash to Iran coinciding with the release of four Americans detained in Tehran.

"It is outrageous that the Obama administration covertly shipped a $400 million cash ransom payment to Iran on the day Americans were released by Tehran, purposely hid the details from Congress, and deliberately used bulk foreign currency cash transfers to evade the effects of US financial sanctions. This secret exchange demonstrates once again the fundamental flaws of the Iran agreement and the dangerous lengths this administration has been willing to go to in order to placate the world's worst state sponsor of terrorism. Following the administration's reckless actions, it should come as no surprise that Tehran is now interested in unjustly arresting additional Americans in order to get more cash to support its goals-including funding the terrorist organization Hezbollah, the murderous Assad regime, and their own dangerous ballistic missile program."


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