Lies, Lies, Lies

Guardian UK: The lies Trump told this week: a special Republican convention edition - It was Trump’s big week in Cleveland, where he was officially named the party nominee, but still found time to skirt the truth on Indiana, Putin and more

Iran

“We gave them back $150bn, and we didn’t get our hostages until the end.” – 16 July, New York

The US is not giving any of its own money to Iran as part of an international nuclear arms deal meant to prevent the construction of weapons. The deal gradually unfreezes assets that belong to Iran but were restricted under sanctions related to the nation’s nuclear program. Sanctions related to human rights, terrorism and other issues remain in place and still lock Iran out of billions.