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To: i-node who wrote (98592)	10/15/2018 10:52:12 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 365529

"That money had been frozen for decades," The money was about to be released by court order, along with about $10B of interest. U.S. Settlement of Iran Claims Tribunal Claim was Prudent but Possible Linkage to Release of Americans Is Regrettable In its early years, the Tribunal focused on claims by Americans whose property was expropriated by Iran, but in recent years it has been hearing large claims by the Iranian government against the U.S. government for allegedly blocking exports of billions of dollars in military equipment ordered by the shah of Iran during the 1970s. There was a significant risk that the Tribunal might rule against the U.S. in these cases and order the U.S. Government to pay very large awards to Iran lawfareblog.com