{"id":2030282,"date":"2023-09-13T09:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-contradicts-biden-on-how-6-billion-can-be-spent-we-will-decide\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T09:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:06:18","slug":"iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-contradicts-biden-on-how-6-billion-can-be-spent-we-will-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-contradicts-biden-on-how-6-billion-can-be-spent-we-will-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s President Raisi counters Biden, asserting Iran&#8217;s authority over $6 billion spending decisions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-president-ebrahim-raisi-contradicts-biden-on-how-6-billion-can-be-spent-we-will-decide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2030282&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Iranian President Contradicts Biden Administration on Use of Unfrozen Assets<\/h2>\n<p>In a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> with NBC News, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi \u2064challenged the Biden \u200badministration&#8217;s claims regarding the use of \u200c$6 billion in assets that\u200b were unfrozen as \u200bpart of a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-blasts-biden-over-6-billion-prisoner-swap-with-iran\/\" title=\"Trump campaign criticizes Biden for engaging in a  billion prisoner exchange with Iran.\">prisoner swap\u2064 deal<\/a>. The deal,\u200d approved by Secretary of\u2063 State Antony Blinken, allows Iran access to the \u2063funds\u2062 without violating U.S. sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the administration&#8217;s \u2064assertion that the money would be strictly used for\u2063 humanitarian purposes, Raisi \u2062stated that the Islamic Republic of \u200cIran has the authority to decide how to spend the funds. &#8220;This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and naturally, we will decide to spend it wherever we need it,&#8221; Raisi emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if \u200dthe money would be\u2062 used for more than just humanitarian\u2062 purposes, Raisi explained that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-president-ebrahim-raisi-contradicts-biden-on-how-6-billion-can-be-spent-we-will-decide\/\" title=\"Iran's President Raisi counters Biden, asserting Iran's authority over  billion spending decisions.\">humanitarian means<\/a> \u200bwhatever the\u2062 Iranian people need.&#8221; He further \u200bemphasized that the needs of the Iranian \u2064people would \u200dbe determined by the Iranian \u2062government.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Surrounding the Unfrozen Assets<\/h3>\n<p>The discrepancy between\u2062 the Biden administration&#8217;s claims and Raisi&#8217;s statements \u2064has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-gives-ultimatum-on-the-upcoming-electoral-college-showdown-video\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jim Jordan Gives Ultimatum On The Upcoming Electoral College Showdown (VIDEO)\">raised concerns<\/a>\u2062 about\u200d the true intentions behind the unfreezing of\u200d the assets. Critics argue that the funds could potentially be used for purposes\u2064 other\u200c than \u200bhumanitarian aid, undermining the original intent of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2063the\u2062 situation \u2063unfolds, it remains \u2062to \u200bbe \u200dseen how the Iranian government will \u2062allocate and \u2062utilize the unfrozen assets. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nhls-dallas-stars-statement-after-mark-cuban-anthem-ban-were-playing-the-national-anthem\/\" title=\"NHL\u2019s Dallas Stars\u2019 Statement After Mark Cuban Anthem Ban: We\u2019re Playing The National Anthem\">controversy surrounding<\/a> this \u2064issue\u200b highlights the complexities\u200d of international diplomacy and the challenges of ensuring transparency in such agreements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says they&#8217;ll use \u2062the $6\u2064 billion from the Biden Admin &#8220;wherever we\u200d need it \u2063\u2026 as\u200d determined by \u2062the Iranian government&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KMLUfk2xhl\">pic.twitter.com\/KMLUfk2xhl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1701640403273830667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi disputed the Biden administration&#8217;s assertions on how Iran can utilize the $6 billion in unfrozen assets. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sanctioned the deal, and Congress was informed on Monday, while lawmakers and others expressed concerns over the agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2030283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}