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2023-09-18 21:37:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 341E5522CC3C444BF6553099F43643082452F6CC14DFB0F38D165638174FACC8
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Biden did not “give” them any money. In the prisoner exchange, the Biden admin allowed European banks to unfreeze some frozen Iranian funds. Those funds will be held in a bank in Qatar to only be used for the purchase of humanitarian goods that the US gets to approve. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-makes-deal-with-iran-to-swap-prisoners-and-release-6-billion-in-frozen-money https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/09/11/us-reportedly-strikes-prisoner-swap-deal-with-iran-and-agrees-to-unfreeze-6-billion-in-iranian-assets/
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