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Report: Obama Administration Quietly Lifted Sanctions on Iran’s Missiles as Part of Ransom Payment

Aaron Bandler

A new report found that the Obama administration secretly ended sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program as part of their ransom payment for U.S. prisoners.

The Washington Free Beacon initially reported in January on the lifting of sanctions on Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International, the chief banks involved in funding Iran’s ballistic missile program, which was done seven years before the date provided under the Iran deal as an act of “goodwill,” according to an Obama administration official.

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