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Read Replies (1) | Respond to RANSOM CONFIRMED: US Wouldn’t Let Iran Take $400 Million Til Prisoners Released dailycaller.com U.S. officials wouldn’t let a plane carrying $400 million take off for Iran until three U.S. prisoners departed Iran in January, the Wall Street Journal reports .mechanics of the exchange all but confirm accusations that the $400 million in cash was a ransom payment. Saeed Abedini, a former Iranian hostage told The Wall Street Journal, Iranian intelligence officials told him his plane could not take off until the movements of a second plane were confirmed. The second plane is like the U.S. cargo plane carrying $400 million in cash.further confirmed the ransom story in January, telling Iranian state media “Taking this much money back was in return for the release of the American spies.”touted his deal with Iran for making the negotiations possible.said in a statement.admitted at the time, the hostage release was deeply interconnected to the nuclear deal. “With the nuclear deal done, prisoners released, the time was right to resolve this dispute as well,” Obama said on Jan. 17.promised by the U.S. to Iran under a larger $1.7 billion settlement the Obama administration made with Iran. The Shah of Iran reportedly paid billions of dollars for weapons that the U.S. never delivered after the Islamic revolution in 1979. Obama agreed to repatriate the money, saying the U.S. would likely have to pay the sum back under a Hague arbitration settlement, and that his solution would save taxpayers money.
