GOP senators are pushing to refreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds obtained through controversial negotiations, citing concerns over support for Hamas and President Biden's aid to Palestine.
Calls from Capitol Hill lawmakers to freeze the $6 billion in Iranian funds reached through controversial negotiations increased this week. Nearly 20 GOP senators are calling on the Biden administration to freeze the funds that were released to a Qatar account in exchange for five American prisoners last month. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., led a group of GOP senators on Tuesday, urging the administration to 'limit Iran’s ability to provide support to Hamas.
, is also seeking to block the $6 billion in a bill he introduced Tuesday, which revokes the waiver granted by the Biden administration to release the frozen Iranian funds. In September, the Biden administration announced it reached an agreement with Iran in which Iran would release five American citizens in return for the Biden administration issuing a waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of U.S. sanctions.
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