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GOP has lied about the supposed payout Obama made to Iran.
This is a fact sheet that sets the record straight.
1. Misconception: The Iran Deal included a U.S. payment of $150 billion to Iran
The Facts:
The money that Iran receives from complying with the agreement is not a direct payment from the U.S.
government. Instead, the funds are Iranian foreign assets, which the international sanctions regime prevented
Iran from accessing. Under the JCPOA, these nuclear-related sanctions were waived after Iran verifiably
completed its initial obligations.
The $150 billion figure is also inaccurate. The amount of money Iran could access from these foreign reserves
is about $100 billion. Of this amount, about half of it is tied up in Iranian foreign debts. As Treasury Secretary,
Jacob Lew, testified before Congress, the actual amount that Iran would be able to use is about $50 billion.
https://armscontrolcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Fact-check-iran-deal-1.pdf
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