Sen. Cotton Suggests $1.7 Billion Iran Payout May be ‘Ransom’ for Americans’ Release

patrick.goodenough | January 19, 2016
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Sen. Tom Cotton suggested Monday that the U.S. settlement of a 37 year-old legal claim that will leave the Iranian regime $1.7 billion richer may have amounted to part of a “ransom” for the release of five Americans held in Iran.