The Biden administration on Thursday reportedly struck a deal with Iran to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian financial assets and release a “handful” of Iranian nationals jailed for violating U.S. sanctions in exchange for five Americans taken prisoner by Iran on highly dubious charges of espionage.
The Iranian mission to the United Nations on Thursday said, “Iran’s frozen funds in South Korea will be unblocked and transferred to Qatar,” apparently referring to the $6 billion sum. U.S. sources who spoke to the far-left New York Times publication and Reuters confirmed the financial aspects of the deal.
A second source said the funds, if transferred from the South Korean banks to another financial institution, wld go from one restricted account to another & could only be used for humanitarian purposes such as buying food or medicine. https://t.co/LtKXxqh41q
— Parisa Hafezi (@PHREUTERS) August 10, 2023
The Times‘ sources identified the five American…
