It obviously wasn’t meant for terrorism pinhead, but that’s what Iran used it for. And by the way, Iran was funding terrorism like this since the 70’s so it’s completely a poor choice on Obama’s part to lift sanctions plus give them 400 million.
“There is only one purpose for which cash in that amount is useful, and that is to do what Iran has been doing around the world, which is acting as a sponsor of terrorism. It is not useful for infrastructure projects, which we were told are very much the concern of the Iranians because of their economy. Iranians do not pay Iranians in euros and Swiss francs. As far as purchasing equipment overseas, paying the money by--paying money that was transferred to Iran, out of Iran, in cash, is not the most economical or the most convenient way to pay for equipment that you need in connection with infrastructure projects. That is much easier to do in a bank account. The only conceivable purpose for this money is to finance illicit activities, because the cash is untraceable. That is the reason that the Iranians insisted on it, and why we agreed to it is something that I think this Committee ought to probe, because I believe there are no good reasons for having agreed to it.”
“It is galling to settle a debt that provides a benefit to a regime that remains fundamentally dangerous actor toward the region and its own citizenry.”
“I want to speak to the issue and the concern that this settlement will provoke additional hostage seizures by the Iranians. I understand why such inferences have been drawn, and the appeal of imputing a kind of rational calculus to Iran's treatment of its dual nationals. This reflects an inaccurate assessment of the drivers of Iranian politics. I see no evidence that Iran's long-standing patterns of human rights abuses, inadequate rule of law, and exploitations of individuals are subject to the logic of financial incentives.”
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