Exclusive: White House dropped $10 million claim in Iran prisoner deal

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By Joel Schectman and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nader Modanlo was facing five more years in federal prison when he got an extraordinary offer: U.S. President Barack Obama was ready to commute his sentence as part of this month's historic and then still-secret prisoner swap with Iran. Modanlo says the money was a loan from a Swiss company for a telecoms deal.




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