Kerry: Washington Will Pay $ 1.7 Billion To Iran As Debt And Benefits

BAGHDAD / NINA / US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States will pay Iran $ 400 million as debt and 1.3 billion as interest backing to the era of the Islamic revolution. Kerry said in a press statement that "this amount was approved by an international court earlier, separate from the tens of billions of dollars that Iran will be able to get after lifting the international sanctions against it." Kerry said in a statement yesterday that the United States lifted sanctions were imposed on Iran over its nuclear program after the agreement signed last July between the major powers and Iran enter into force. He added, "The US obligations related to sanctions as set out in the July agreement entered into force from now" / end