Biden weighing unfreezing $1 billion for Iran
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(Worthy News) – The Biden administration is weighing unfreezing $1 billion in Iranian funds that the country could use for humanitarian relief, CNN reported on Thursday.
It is not clear whether the release of the funds would occur unilaterally, but one line of thought is that it could serve as a useful goodwill gesture to Tehran, said three people briefed on the internal deliberations.
The report comes amid negotiations for the US to reenter the 2015 nuclear deal and bring Iran back into compliance with its terms. [ Source: Arutz Sheva (Read More…) ]
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