U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at U.N. headquarters in New York City, April 19, 2016.
RFE: Kerry Says Iran's Cash 'Windfall' From Nuclear Deal Only $3 Billion
Iran has recovered only around $3 billion of frozen assets so far since signing its nuclear deal with world powers, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said.
U.S. Republicans and other opponents of the deal often warned that Tehran would reap a huge "windfall" from the return of money long frozen under U.S. sanctions.
"Remember the debate over how much money Iran was going to get?" Kerry said at a dinner hosted by the J Street group.
"You heard some of the presidential candidates putting out a mistaken figure of $155 billion. I never thought it would be that. Others thought it would be about $100 billion."
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Update #1: Iran has seen only $3 billion returned since nuke deal: John Kerry -- AFP
Update #2: Kerry: Iran only received $3 billion since nuclear deal -- Times of Israel
WNU Editor: Only $3 billion .... no wonder the Iranians are growing impatient. But the key phrase is .... "so far". And while I do know that this is Iran's money, does anyone know what they are doing with it? .... Kerry Says Iran's Cash 'Windfall' From Nuclear Deal Only $3 Billion (Washington Free Beacon).
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They are waiting for the 911 bill to go through so they can claim the money is owed to Iraq and send it there as aid.
"US Treasury officials, since ‘implementation’ day, have been doing the rounds, warning European banks that the US sanctions on Iran remain in place, and that European banks should not think, even for a second, of tapping the dollar or euro bond markets in order to finance trade with Iran, or to become involved with financing infrastructure projects in Iran. Banks well understand the message: touch Iranian commerce and you will be whacked with a billion dollar fine – against which there is no appeal, no clear legal framework – and no argument countenanced. The banks (understandably) are shying off. Not a single bank or financial lending institution tuned up when President Rouhani visited Paris, to hold meetings with the local business élite."
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/04/sec-state-kerry-is-proud-of-undermining-the-nuclear-deal-with-iran.html#more
"Shorter Kerry: "Look, we screwed Iran mightily and we are very proud of it!"
The U.S. government expected that the nuclear deal would unfreeze $55 billion of Iranian money. It then sabotaged the deal and is now proud to announce that only $3 billion were actually unfrozen."
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