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Did Obama send $1.7B in cash to Iran? What posts get right and omit

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Published: 2026-04-09 10:00:00
Discovered: 2026-04-09 12:43:04
Author: Aleksandra Wrona
Hash: 8ca783b7178caca504d8d7c7c876a8f917a58211
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-send-cash-iran/
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Former President Barack Obama's administration did transfer $1.7 billion to Iran in 2016, but social media posts often omitted the reason why.
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Former President Barack Obama's administration did transfer $1.7 billion to Iran in 2016, but social media posts often omitted the reason why.