total of $1.7 billion in cash through Swiss banks to Iran around the time American hostages were released

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The cloak-and-dagger US payments to Iran: planes, cash and Swiss banks


John Solomon
September 7, 2016

The Obama administration disclosed to Congress on Tuesday that it transferred a total of $1.7  billion in cash through Swiss banks to Iran around the time American hostages were released this year, about four times the amount originally disclosed to the public, sources told Circa.
The news was delivered by the State, Defense and Treasury Departments in a private briefing to congressional staff who went into the meeting thinking they were learning more detail about the $400 million in payments originally reported in the news media.
A source directly familiar with the briefing, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters, said the money was sent to Iran via Swiss banks on three dates; Jan, 17, Jan. 19 and Jan. 22.
The payments coincided with the release of a handful of American prisoners from Iran, including a Washington Post reporter.

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“The cash payments were four times what has been disclosed and they went through Swiss banks on their way to the Iranians.”

The U.S. officials who briefed congressional staff suggested the payments were all made in cash because Iran was desperate for foreign currency after years of Western sanctions, according to one source.
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