The U.S. State Department is trying to somewhat clear up the confusion over the $400 million payment made to Iran.

Wednesday, the Obama administration said it paid $1.3 billion in interest to Iran in January to resolve a decades-old dispute over an undelivered military sale, two days after allowing $400 million in cash to fly to Tehran.

Hold up.

Okay, so remember that whole big Iran nuclear deal last year? A few months later a cargo plane flew into Iran carrying $400 million, and some U.S. prisoners were released.

A lot of people took a step back and said ‘hmm, sounds like a ransom payment to me.’ President Obama said ‘not the case’ - the cash was just sent to resolve a longstanding dispute that was totally separate from the freeing of the US prisoners. No big deal just similar timing.

Yeah, sure.

So Wednesday, the State Department came out and said ‘JK, that wasn’t actually just coincidental timing after all.’ The payment was actually used as leverage to get the prisoners back (knew it).

This made even more people go ‘Hmmm, really does sound like a ransom payment.’ Reminder: the U.S. does not do ransoms, according to President Obama. However, President Obama and other officials deny claims of ransom, though they’ve struggled to explain why the U.S. paid in cash.

The relationship between the good ole U-S of A and Iran is complicated AF, and Wednesday’s news doesn’t help. And its not looking good for Obama right now, as he is currently all about setting that legacy.