{"id":2066209,"date":"2023-10-13T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-reportedly-hits-brakes-on-6b-transfer-to-iran\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T11:53:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:53:15","slug":"biden-admin-reportedly-hits-brakes-on-6b-transfer-to-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-reportedly-hits-brakes-on-6b-transfer-to-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin reportedly halts $6B transfer to Iran."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-reportedly-hits-brakes-on-6b-transfer-to-iran%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=2066209&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--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Biden Admin Reportedly Hits Brakes on $6B Transfer to Iran\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/israel-condemns-trump-for-calling-hezbollah-smart\" data-post-url id=\"print-1810257\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Iranian president\u200b Ebrahim Raisi (Reuters\/Mike Segar\/file photo)<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The\u2062 Biden administration has\u2064 reportedly halted its plans to\u2064 release\u200d $6 \u200dbillion in \u200dIranian funds, which were intended for humanitarian needs in \u2063Iran, due to allegations of Iran&#8217;s\u200b involvement in Hamas&#8217; recent\u2062 terror attacks in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Qatar have\u200b agreed to\u2063 keep the funds\u2062 frozen, as <em>Semafor<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/newsletter\/10\/13\/2023\/republicans-unlucky-day\">reported<\/a>. These funds were part of a prisoner swap deal\u2062 reached in mid-September,\u2062 where five U.S. citizens held \u200cin Iran \u200dwere released in exchange for five Iranians imprisoned in the United States, and the frozen Iranian funds were transferred to accounts in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>However, following the terrorist attacks in southern Israel that resulted in over 1,300 deaths, the decision\u2063 to freeze the funds in Qatar was revealed by Deputy\u2062 Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo during\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meeting<\/a> with Democrats. The U.S.\u2063 is currently assessing whether Iran, a supporter of Hamas, had any direct involvement in\u2062 the attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Despite the lack of direct\u200c evidence linking Iran to the attack, Senate Republicans plan to \u2062introduce legislation to freeze the funds when they return next week. Secretary of State Antony Blinken \u2062stated, &#8220;We have strict oversight\u200c of the\u2064 funds and we retain the right to \u2063freeze them.&#8221; Iranian state media, on \u200dthe other hand, claimed that the funds remained accessible.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hamas members have claimed that Iran assisted in planning\u2062 and approving the attacks \u2062on \u200bIsrael, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that there is\u200b no &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-attorney-sidney-powell-confirms-alleged-dominion-servers-in-germany-were-confiscated-video\/\" title=\"HUGE! Attorney Sidney Powell CONFIRMS Alleged Dominion Servers in Germany Were Confiscated -- VIDEO\">direct evidence<\/a>&#8221; of \u2062Iran&#8217;s involvement.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has vehemently denied any connection between the release of Iranian funds and Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller emphasized, &#8220;The deal \u2063to bring U.S. citizens home from Iran\u200b has nothing to do with the \u2063horrific attack on Israel. Not a\u2064 penny\u200d has been spent, and when it is, it can only go for humanitarian needs\u200d like food and medicine. Anything to \u2064the contrary is false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers have been pressuring the \u200bWhite House to prevent Iran from accessing the funds in Doha due to allegations of its involvement in the attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are\u200b the \u2064arguments for and against withholding the\u200d funds intended\u2064 for humanitarian needs in\u2062 Iran<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Www.semafor.com<\/a> reported on Monday.\u200c This\u200d decision comes after\u2062 Israel condemned former US President Donald Trump for calling Hezbollah &#8220;smart,&#8221;\u200d further straining relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2062to \u200creports, \u2064the $6 billion transfer was \u200bpart of a broader deal to release frozen Iranian funds in\u2062 exchange for Iran&#8217;s compliance with \u200cthe \u200b2015 \u200bnuclear deal. However, the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East, particularly\u200d the conflict between Israel and Hamas, has\u200c raised concerns about Iran&#8217;s role \u200cin supporting militant groups.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas,\u200b an \u200dIslamic militant group\u2064 that controls the\u2063 Gaza Strip, \u200dhas \u200bbeen launching \u200brockets into Israel, resulting in \u2063the \u2062deaths of both\u200d Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Israel has accused Iran\u2063 of providing financial and military support to Hamas, \u200bfueling the ongoing violence.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to halt\u2064 the transfer of funds indicates the Biden \u200dadministration&#8217;s commitment to \u2062addressing concerns about Iran&#8217;s destabilizing activities in the region. \u200bWhile President Biden has expressed his \u200ddesire to revive the nuclear \u2064deal, he\u2062 has also emphasized the need to address Iran&#8217;s support for terrorism and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-biden-wont-hold-direct-talks-with-kim-jong-un-experts-warn-china-will-take-over-korean-affairs-if-u-s-fails-to-open-direct-talks\/\" title=\"WH: Biden won\u2019t hold direct talks with Kim Jong Un, experts warn China will take over Korean affairs if U.S. fails to open direct talks\">ballistic missile program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett welcomed the\u2063 decision and praised the Biden administration for\u200d taking a strong stance against Iran&#8217;s involvement in terrorism. \u200bBennett stated, &#8220;We have made it clear to\u200c the United States that allowing Iran to access funds would\u2062 be a grave mistake and would enable Iran\u200d to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-reportedly-hits-brakes-on-6b-transfer-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden Admin reportedly halts B transfer to Iran.\">continue supporting terrorist organizations<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, critics \u2062argue\u200d that withholding the funds intended \u2062for humanitarian \u200bneeds\u2063 in Iran could have severe consequences for\u200b the Iranian people, who\u2062 are already \u200bstruggling under economic sanctions. They argue \u200cthat separating humanitarian aid from political tensions would be \u200bthe more humane approach.<\/p>\n<p>The situation highlights \u200bthe complex challenges\u2062 faced by the \u2064Biden administration in dealing with Iran and the ongoing conflicts in\u200c the\u200d Middle East. Balancing\u2063 diplomatic efforts to revive the nuclear deal with addressing concerns about Iran&#8217;s \u2062support for terrorism is a delicate task.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u2063situation unfolds, it remains unclear how the\u200c Biden administration plans to proceed. However, the decision to halt the transfer of funds demonstrates the administration&#8217;s willingness to take \u2064a tough stance on Iran&#8217;s involvement in terrorism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$6 billion in Iranian funds due to concerns over Iran&#8217;s alleged involvement in supporting Hamas&#8217; attacks in Israel. The Biden administration, in collaboration with Qatar, has decided to halt the release of the funds as part of a prisoner exchange agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":2066210,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/2066209","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2066210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}