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Sep 18, 2023 · The Iranian government now has access to $6 billion of their funds to be used for humanitarian purposes as a part of a wider deal that allowed five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran...
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Oct 7, 2023 · President Joe Biden’s critics claim that a recent hostage-release agreement provided Iran with access to $6 billion in frozen funds, and that, as a result, that money could have helped Iran...
Oct 12, 2023 · “Five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home,” President Biden said at the time. In return, five Iranians held in the United States were also allowed to leave and —...
- Niall Stanage
Aug 15, 2023 · How much will Americans have to spend to help defend Ukrainian airspace against the Iranian-made kamikaze drones that Russia is using to attack civilians in Kharkiv or Kyiv? There is also...
- Bret Stephens
Oct 9, 2023 · Claim: One of the reasons Israel was attacked by Hamas was that Biden gave "$6 billion in ransom money" to Iran. The role that a recent U.S.-Iran hostage agreement may have played in the Oct. 7...
Nov 27, 2023 · In an interview posted via his Truth Social social media channel, former President Donald Trump alleged the U.S. had, despite the complex geopolitics, recently cut a deal with Iran where it "gave"...
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Sep 18, 2023 · The funds were held in Korean currency and did not earn interest, according to the Central Bank of Iran, and the won’s depreciation in recent years shaved off about $1 billion in value, leaving around $6 billion today. Iran also tapped into small amounts of that money to pay its UN dues several times.
