Report: Obama’s cash payment to Iran was illegal

Report: Obama’s cash payment to Iran was illegal

by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2016 U.S. policy has always strictly prohibited the payment of a ransom to terrorists who take hostages as such a precedent encourages more terrorism. However, anti-terrorism sanctions prohibit the United States from “U.S. dollar- or other-currency denominated transactions” with Iran, a report said, meaning the Obama administration’s shipment of $400 […]