{"id":2065622,"date":"2023-10-12T21:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T01:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-qatar-agree-to-prevent-iran-from-accessing-6b-fund\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T21:30:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T01:30:24","slug":"u-s-and-qatar-agree-to-prevent-iran-from-accessing-6b-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-qatar-agree-to-prevent-iran-from-accessing-6b-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. and Qatar unite to block Iran&#8217;s access to $6B fund."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fu-s-and-qatar-agree-to-prevent-iran-from-accessing-6b-fund%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=2065622&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">L| (Photo by\u2062 SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)\u2062 R|  (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images for IAAF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>6:04 PM \u2013 Thursday, October 12, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>The United States and Qatar have reached \u200dan agreement to block \u200cIran&#8217;s access to the recently unfrozen $6 billion fund. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo informed House Democrats on Thursday that both the U.S. and Qatari governments have agreed to deny Iran access to the $6\u200d billion fund obtained through a prisoner swap deal with President Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<p>Adeyemo did not provide a specific timeframe for how \u200clong the funds will \u2062be blocked. <\/p>\n<p>As U.S. authorities investigate Iran&#8217;s potential involvement in\u2063 Hamas&#8217; terrorist attack on Israel,\u200d there has been bipartisan pressure on the\u2064 administration to prevent Iran from accessing the funds. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has \u2063stated that the $6 billion can only be used for humanitarian\u200b purposes.<\/p>\n<p>According to administration officials, Iran can only access \u200bthe money through \u2062a series\u200d of steps,\u200d including oversight by the Treasury Department.<\/p>\n<p>They have also stated\u200d that Iran has not utilized any of the funds in recent\u200b days, \u2063and the \u200cU.S. has the ability to re-freeze it at any time. However, there \u2063is increasing pressure on the White House to make a stronger statement that Iran \u2064will \u200cnot be able to access the funds.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the White House&#8217;s plan to grant Iran\u200c access to the\u2062 $6 billion argue that the money is fungible, meaning that regardless\u2062 of its intended use, it could \u200bfree up additional funds for terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) expressed her desire\u2062 for a &#8220;formal\u2064 agreement&#8221; between the governments to prevent the release of the funds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden knows the $6 billion transfer \u200dserved as a catalyst for the Iran-backed terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<p>We need a formal agreement\u2063 to \u2064freeze the funds \u2014 not a leak\u2062 to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Biden should follow the lead of myself and my colleagues \u200dwho called on the \u2064admin to freeze the payment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vDtZIYrrvB\">https:\/\/t.co\/vDtZIYrrvB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Marsha Blackburn\u2063 (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1712504539931164881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It remains uncertain how blocking Iran&#8217;s access to the $6 billion will impact the administration&#8217;s ability to negotiate the release of other unfairly held Americans in the \u200cfuture.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Subscribe here to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-and-vladimir-putin-meet-in-kremlin\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Kremlin\">receive breaking news blasts directly<\/a> to your inbox for free. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries\u200d urges his colleagues across the aisle to quickly elect a new Speaker. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Michigan Democrat Congresswoman\u2064 Rashida Tlaib continues \u200dto display a Palestinian flag outside of her Capitol Hill office, but Ohio congressman Max Miller says he\u2019s introduced a bill to make that a violation of House rules. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A new lawsuit filed by the America First Legal Foundation reveals that\u2063 then-Vice President\u2062 Joe Biden\u2019s office emailed his son and brother \u2064about\u200b foreign business more than\u200b 29-thousand times. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A Day of Jihad looms over Friday while Sen. Menendez is charged\u200c AGAIN.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google said on Thursday that\u200c it will\u2062 defend users of generative artificial-intelligence systems in its Google Cloud and Workspace platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China has\u200c published proposed security requirements for firms offering services powered by generative artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare say they have weathered the internet\u2019s largest-known denial of service attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Samsung said its preliminary\u2063 third-quarter profit dropped by a smaller-than-expected 78%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What is the reason\u200d behind the \u200bUnited States\u2064 and Qatar&#8217;s agreement to block Iran&#8217;s access to the $6 billion fund?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  United States\u200c and Qatar Agree to Block\u200d Iran&#8217;s Access to $6 Billion Fund<\/p>\n<p>In a\u200d recent development, \u200cthe United States and Qatar have reached an \u2063agreement to block Iran&#8217;s access to a $6 billion fund that was recently \u200bunfrozen. The decision was made in \u200dlight of ongoing investigations into Iran&#8217;s potential involvement in \u2062Hamas&#8217; \u200bterrorist attack on Israel. There has been bipartisan pressure on the Biden\u2063 administration to\u2064 prevent Iran from accessing these funds.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy\u2064 Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo informed House Democrats\u2064 about the agreement on Thursday. He stated that both the U.S. and Qatari governments\u200c have\u200c agreed to deny \u2064Iran access to \u200dthe\u2063 fund, which \u200bwas obtained through a prisoner swap deal with President Joe Biden. \u2062However, Adeyemo\u200c did not provide a \u200dspecific timeframe for how long the funds will be blocked.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has made\u200d it clear that \u2062the $6 billion can only be used for humanitarian purposes. Administration \u2063officials have stated that Iran can only access the money through a series of\u2064 steps, including oversight by the Treasury Department. \u2063They \u200dhave also assured that Iran has not utilized any of the funds in recent days and that the U.S. has the ability to re-freeze it at any time. Yet, there is mounting pressure on the White House to make a stronger statement that Iran will not be able to access the funds.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the White House&#8217;s\u200d plan to grant Iran access to the $6 billion argue that\u200d the money is fungible, meaning that regardless of its intended use, it could free up additional funds for terrorism. Republican Senator Marsha\u200c Blackburn \u200dhas expressed her desire for a formal\u200d agreement between the \u200bgovernments\u2064 to prevent the release \u2063of the funds.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to block Iran&#8217;s access to the $6 billion fund raises questions about \u2063the administration&#8217;s ability to negotiate the\u2063 release of \u2064other unfairly held Americans in the future. It remains uncertain how this move will \u200cimpact diplomatic efforts moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation continues \u2064to unfold, it \u2064is\u2062 important to stay informed. Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-qatar-agree-to-prevent-iran-from-accessing-6b-fund\/\" title=\"U.S. and Qatar unite to block Iran's access to B fund.\">receive \u2063breaking news updates directly<\/a> to your inbox for free.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>OAN&#8217;s\u2064 Abril Elfi<\/p>\n<p>Link: https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi<\/p>\n<p>Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images for IAAF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US and Qatar have agreed to block Iran&#8217;s access to the recently unfrozen $6 billion fund. 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