I'm David DeForest reporting. _________________________________ On the same day in January that Iran released four American hostages, the United States airlifted $400 million in foreign currencies to that country. The U.S. government says the money was sent to settle a decades-old deputes over a canceled arms agreement and denies suggestions that the exchange amounted to a ransom payment. Here is White House spokesman Josh Earnest: "... that's something we told the Iranians we would not do. We would not, we have not, we will not pay a ransom to secure the release of U.S. citizens. That's a fact. That is our policy and it is one that we have assiduously followed." :Josh Earnest. 我是David DeForest，___________________________________ 1月，在伊朗释放了4名美国人质的同一天，美国向伊朗空运了4亿美元的外币，美国政府说这笔钱是用来解决多年前取消了的武器协议的，否认了这笔钱是用于赎金。 白宫发言人约瑟夫欧内斯特称，这个是我们告诉伊朗人的，我们不会，没有，将来也绝不会交赎金安全赎回美国公民。这是事实，这是我们的政策，是我们严格会做到的。
