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Posts Tagged: $400 million ransom for US hostages Iran

September 8, 2016 10:40 am

Obama, Merkel and ‘The Right Side of History’

“US Sends Iran Two More Loads of Cash." So blared the headline on the front page of the September 7 issue of The Wall Street...

September 7, 2016 11:03 am

Obama Admin Admits Transfer of $1.7 Billion to Iran as American Hostages Released

The Obama administration disclosed to Congress on Tuesday that it transferred a total of $1.7 billion in cash through Swiss banks to Iran around the...

August 5, 2016 1:28 pm

Former US Official: Obama Administration’s $400 Million ‘Ransom’ for Captives ‘Incentivizes’ Iran to Continue Hostage-Taking (INTERVIEW)

The transfer of $400 million in cash by the Obama administration to the regime in Tehran, coupled with the additional revelation that the US Justice...

Culture

April 22, 2024 12:21 pm

Anti-Israel Protesters Interrupt Chelsea Handler Comedy Show Because of Her Support for Jewish State

Several women interrupted Chelsea Handler’s comedy show in Richmond,...

April 22, 2024 10:00 am

Mohamed Hadid Apologizes for Sending Racist, Homophobic Messages to US Rep. Ritchie Torres for Supporting Israel

Real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, who is also the...

April 19, 2024 12:07 pm

Cultural Center Backed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Plans to Produce Films About Attack on Israel

The Ravayat-e Fath Foundation — a Tehran-based cultural center...

Features

Feature

January 9, 2023 2:22 pm

Karl Pfeifer, Journalist Who Documented 20th Century With A Jewish Eye, Dies at 94: A Personal Memoriam

The death of Karl Pfeifer last Friday marks the...

Feature

April 5, 2022 3:34 pm

‘I See Your Face, You Are Alive!’: The Yiddish Poet Undergoing a Revival in War-Torn Ukraine

"Through fire and ash, through smoke and battle /...

March 31, 2022 1:48 pm

‘Being Here Is Part of Our DNA’: Israelis Treat Refugees at Ukraine Field Hospital as War Enters Fifth Week

A few days ago, doctors at Israel’s field hospital...

World

April 24, 2024 2:31 pm

Iran Sentences Rapper Toomaj Salehi to Death Over 2022-23 Unrest

An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for charges linked to Iran's 2022-23 unrest, his lawyer told Iranian newspaper Sharq on Wednesday. Salehi in his...

April 24, 2024 2:25 pm