House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said that US President Barack Obama needs to explain the secret concession between the United States and Iran on its nuclear program to the American public. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) Reports that US negotiators made secret concessions toIran duringtalks onits nuclear program jeopardized the United States ...

US Republicans are pushing through Congress several bills to prevent further return of Iranian money held since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Those measures are in response to President Barack Obama's cash payments to Iran this year following a nuclear accord which requires Washington to lift its sanctions on Tehran. Iran reportedly received ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- US has transferred $1.700 billion to Iran in cash using currencies other than dollars. First $400 million coincided with Irans release of American prisoners, US officials have acknowledged The Obama administration followed up a planeload of $400 million in cash sent to Iran in January with two more such shipments in the next 19 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House leader promised Wednesday that Republicans controlling the chamber will pass legislation addressing the Obama administration's $400 million payment to Iran in January, made immediately after four U.S. prisoners were released. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy also promised in a memo that the House will revisit a stalled $1....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration said Wednesday it paid $1.3 billion in interest to Iran in January to resolve a decades-old dispute over an undelivered military sale, two days after allowing $400 million in cash to fly to Tehran. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau says the U.S. couldn't say more about the Jan. 19 payments because ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Friday defended its decision to make a $400 million cash delivery to Iran contingent on the release of American prisoners, saying the payment wasn't ransom because the Islamic Republic would have soon recouped the money one way or another. In a conference call with reporters, senior administration officials ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is facing a storm of Republican criticism after acknowledging that a $400 million cash payment to Iran seven months ago was contingent on the release of a group of American prisoners. Thursday's explanation was the first time the U.S. had so clearly linked the two events, which critics have painted as a ...

(Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it released $400 million in cash to Iran under a tribunal settlement only once it was assured that American prisoners had been freed and had boarded a plane. "The payment of the $400 million was not done until after the prisoners were released," State Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters....

The recent $400 million payment from the United States to Iran was part of the agreement on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, Iranian Minister of Communication Mahmoud Vaezi said. BAKU (Sputnik) The money transfer was made the same time five hostages were sent back tothe United States which prompted speculations that the US payed a ransom ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Trump admits error in claiming he saw film of Iran cash transfer US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump backed off a false claim, admitting he had not seen a video of a $400 million payment being unloaded from a US plane in Iran, it was reported on Saturday. Irans ...

Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA - US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump backed off a false claim, admitting he had not seen a video of a $400 million payment being unloaded from a US plane in Iran, it was reported on Saturday. In a rare reversal for Trump, who has stood by inaccurate or unproven claims previously, the Republican nominee in his Twitter ...