You know how the Reich Wing is screaming about the $400 million payment to Iran? Well.....

[Cali_Democrat]

This payment was disclosed back in January.

The payment was the first installment of a $1.7 billion settlement resolving an outstanding claim at an international tribunal at The Hague.

You can even read about it at the State Department website:

http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/01/251338.htm

[BlueMTexpat]

1. It's bad enough that the attention span

of too many Americans is about five minutes.

It's even worse when the media's is. We are VERY poorly served.

[pkdu]

2. amazing what 40 years of compound interest will do.... Nt

[B Calm]

3. OMG, USA gives back Iran it's own money and stops a nuclear arms race,. Scandalous. .

[4lbs]

5. Interesting how Israel, who was the most vehemently against the deal, is now keeping

almost silent on the matter.

[B Calm]

7. Be nice if Israel would admit how wrong they were.

[Rex]

4. Did you expect it to be legit? Almost everything the GOP harps about is gobbledygook.

Their only narrative is poorly written dystopian fantasy.

[CBHagman]

6. And it was duly reported on at the time, as NPR reminds us.

You could be forgiven for being confused about that, given the way the story is being covered today (i.e., as another controversy replete with a war of quotations), but yes, people heard about this seven months back.

From Michele Keleman:

[url]http://www.npr.org/2016/01/17/463405715/as-u-s-hands-down-new-sanctions-on-iran-will-goodwill-be-short-lived[/url]

On the settlement issue, Iran's going to receive $400 million plus $1.3 billion in interest. U.S. officials say this is money that Iran paid for for U.S. military equipment before the revolution, and clearing these sorts of claims is in U.S. interests.