‘It Will Free up $6B for Terrorism’: Biden Admin Cuts a Deal with Iran for 5 US Hostages
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(Worthy News) – The U.S. is one step closer to a deal to release five Americans held captive by the Iranian regime.
The Biden administration issued a blanket waiver to allow the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil funds without fear of U.S. sanctions.
Under the agreement, access to the funds will be transferred from South Korea to a bank in Qatar, and the money is supposed to be limited to the purchase of humanitarian goods like food or medicine.
No money is going directly to Iran and no U.S. taxpayer funds are being used, Fox News reports. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]
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