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(AP/Iranian Presidency Office) The Obama administration on Wednesday paid $490 million in cash assets to Iran and will have released a total of $11.9 billion to the Islamic Republic by the time nuclear talks are scheduled to end in June, according to figures provided by the State Department.
The $1.7 billion payment stems from the original $400 million plus $1.3 billion in interest the State Department agreed to pay on that money. The entire press release from the State Department reads: The United States and Iran today have settled a long outstanding claim at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in the Hague.