The White House and the Iranian Hostage Payment
The administration fooled only itself.
August 8, 2016
The White House and the Iranian Hostage Payment
The administration fooled only itself.
On January 16 of this year—the official “implementation day” of the nuclear deal with Iran—the U.S. announced a prisoner exchange in which Washington released seven Iranian prisoners in return for the release of four American hostages. The same day, an unmarked U.S. plane secretly delivered $400 million in cash to the Islamic Republic. In the face of recent revelations, the White House has insisted that the payment wasn’t a ransom but rather a settlement for a 30-year-old financial dispute. Jonah Goldberg finds the explanation lacking:
August 8, 2016
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