this is making this out to seem like some nefarious Iranian scheme, when in fact this was entirely their money, frozen by the US under absolutely no justification in international law. Again and again, it needs to be said that "sancions" are not some neutral legal apparatus that other countries have to abide by; they're unilateral US actions against their enemies which have no base in, and actually run AGAINST, international law. The US is the thief here.