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US payment of $400Mln to Iran not negotiated by nuclear deal team - Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that Washington's nuclear deal negotiator team did not discuss with Tehran the $400-million cash payment made by the United States.


WASHINGTON4 (Sputnik) The $400-million cash payment the United States made toIran inJanuary was not negotiated bythe same team that settled the Iran nuclear deal, US Secretary ofState John Kerry said duringa press conference inArgentina onThursday.


"What was negotiated was an agreement inthe Hague tribunal. It was separated bya professional, career team, not bysome political group or anything todo withthe Iran group. We did not negotiate it," Kerry told reporters.


On Wednesday, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said the payment aimed toreimburse funds the Iranian government paid tothe United States in1979 formilitary equipment that had never been provided.

Kerry explained that the negotiators reached an agreement ata time when Iran needed money because the country was cut offfrom much ofthe world banking system.

Furthermore, Kerry said that it was tothe benefit ofthe United States tosettle the case for $400 million, because Tehran could have been awarded billions ofdollars if the case had been adjudicated.

By Sputnik News
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