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2023-10-10 04:21:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8E951E9C878B76C1CFFD646EE987BAAAEDF1C372F1D84B8439A042CAEF5FB794
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Rep Greene infers Iran has unfettered access to the funds and has already accessed it. This is not a fact. Funds are held in Qatar “under strict oversight” by the US Treasury Department be spent on humanitarian aid only https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/18/politics/iran-money-explainer/index.html The fund has not had a withdrawal as yet. https://thehill.com/policy/international/4244543-6b-in-frozen-iranian-funds-remain-unspent-in-wake-of-hamas-attack-blinken-says/
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