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Obama Secretly Paid Iran $400 Million Ransom To Free American Prisoners

John Bickley

Remember the four Americans released by Iran in January which the Obama administration attempted to sell as a “break through” in our relationship with the terror-sponsoring Islamist regime? U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation have just revealed that the prisoner release came only after the Obama administration secretly airlifted what was effectively a $400 million ransom to Tehran.

“Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies were flown into Iran on an unmarked cargo plane, according to these officials,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The U.S. procured the money from the central banks of the Netherlands and Switzerland, they said.”

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