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(AP/Iranian Presidency Office) The Obama administration on Wednesday paid $490 million in cash assets to Iran and will have released a total of $11.9 billion to the Islamic Republic by the time nuclear talks are scheduled to end in June, according to figures provided by the State Department.
Reports have surfaced in recent days that a $400 million pallet of cash was airlifted by the Obama administration to the Iranian government at the same time four Americans hostages were released. Obama said the money sent to Iran wasnât a secret and suggested the news had been recycled to drum up drama. Earlier Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry flatly denied any connection between the cash â and an additional $1.3 billion interest payment â and the prisoner swap, which occurred in rapid succession.