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Obama says US does not pay ransom, defends payment to Iran

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama expressed surprise Thursday at criticism of his administration’s $400 million cash payment to Iran to settle a longstanding legal claim, adamantly rejecting claims that it was a ransom paid for the release of four Americans held in Iran. “This wasn’t some nefarious deal,” Obama told reporters at the Pentagon. […]

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