U.S., IRAN SIGN DEAL TO SETTLE SOME CLAIMS TEHRAN TO PAY $105 MILLION; LARGER DISPUTES STILL ON TABLE

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The United States and Iran have signed an agreement to settle 2,795 small claims and a few government claims. Iran will pay a lump sum of $105 million to resolve the disputes. This agreement will allow both countries to focus on improving their relations. The settlement also benefits the US by reducing the workload of the claims tribunal and ensuring faster compensation for the claimants. However, larger disputes and Iran's claim of over $10 billion are yet to be resolved. This settlement could potentially encourage further hostage releases and a more flexible policy towards the US from Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

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 from Iranians. Included is a claim
 State  Department  officials an-    The tribunal, set up in 1981 un-    for personal property left behind by
 nounced yesterday,                  der an accord that freed 52 Amer- scans Iranian naval cadets who had to sus.
 The agreement will allow U.S.       held hostage at the U.S. Em-        pend training in the United States
 and Iranian negotiators to concen-  bassy compound in Tehran, is the    after the hostages were seized.
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