Now That Obama's Out Of Office, Politico Does Investigative Journalism

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  1. Ken Anderson

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    This is long, but it is shocking. So far, however, it doesn't seem to have been picked up by the rest of the media.


    Source: Politico
     
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    I did see something similar this morning on Fox online.
     
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  3. Martin Alonzo

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    Interesting that when Obama gave Iran some money everyone got upset. What was really going on.
    Maybe it was what the shah took and what the American confiscated.

    Size of Shah's fortune a mystery - UPI Archives - UPI.com

    www.upi.com/Archives/1981/01/12/Size-of-Shahs-fortune-a.../2542348123600/

    Jan 12, 1981 - Just how much money the late shah and his family succeeded in ... throne in 1979 may take years to determine -- if it ever will be known. But some financial sources suggest that the Pahlavi family did ... The best guess of Iran's new rulers is that up to $36.5 billion is owed the Iranian people by the shah.

    Iranian frozen assets - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_frozen_assets

    Iranian frozen assets in international accounts are calculated to be worth between $100 billion and $120 billion. Almost $1.973 billion of Iran's assets are frozen in the United States. According to the Congressional Research Service, in addition to the money ... Much of the frozen cash includes Iran's income from selling a limited amount ...
     
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