State Dept. refuses to confirm details of $1.3 billion payment to Iran

The State Department on Tuesday refused to confirm whether 13 transfers of nearly $100 million each back in January, which can be seen on a government website, are the payments the U.S. made to Iran to settle a failed arms deal.

Those payments can be found on a website that tracks spending in the so-called “Judgment Fund” toward the settlement of foreign claims. But when department spokesman Mark Toner was asked if those payments represent the $1.3 billion the Obama administration paid to Iran, Toner said he didn’t know.