No money has been spent on anything, but when it is tapped, it will be available only for things like food and medicine.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a news conference in New York Sept. 18 announcing that five Americans who had been jailed for years in Iran were free. “It's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are free,” Blinken said.
Under the recent deal, Blinken signed a waiver that said foreign banks would not be subject to U.S. sanctions for transferring the Iranian funds. The funds were transferred to Qatar’s central bank and can be used only for humanitarian purchases made by vendors who have been vetted. The United States monitors how the funds are used to ensure they go toward providing food, medicine and other humanitarian needs to ordinary Iranians, according to the State Department.
“The Biden administration must be held accountable for its appeasement of these Hamas terrorists, including handing over billions of dollars to them and their Iranian backers,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise , who is running for House speaker, wrote in a message on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.humanitarian assistance. “When any money is spent from that account, it can only be used for medical supplies, for food, for medicine,” he said.
Blinken on “This Week” condemned Iran for its past support for Hamas but said that officials have not yet determined whether Iran was involved in the latest offensive.“Hamas wouldn’t be Hamas without the support that it’s gotten over many years from Iran,” he said. “We haven’t yet seen direct evidence that Iran was behind this particular attack or involved.”
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