Iran hostages may finally get compensation for '70s ordeal
WASHINGTON – Americans held hostage in Iran some 35 years ago are hoping Congress will take up legislation to compensate them at the same time it considers the nuclear deal with Iran next month. They have been seeking redress for years — in court, with the executive branch and on Capitol Hill. They had hoped it would be part of negotiations on the Iran deal itself, but because that didn’t happen, they have had to pin their hopes instead on lawmakers. “It’s hard to imagine that there could be any rapprochement or really any fundamental sense ...
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