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US Payment to Iran

The United States paid $1.7 billion to Iran, coinciding with the release of American detainees, with disputed causation and motives.

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Jan 14, 2026
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How did the $1.7 billion cash transfer to Iran affect US-Iran relations in 2016?

The $1.7 billion cash transfer in January–February 2016 was formally a settlement of a decades‑old Iran‑U.S. claims tribunal case and was timed alongside the release of detained Americans, a linkage t...