offered up five Iranian prisoners and returned $6 billion in frozen funds for use in Iran. "The president is making five families whole again," a White House official said Sunday night. The frozen funds arrived to Qatar on Sunday night, which triggered Iran's release. Qat...
Iran and the United States reached an agreement that eventually led to a prisoner swap in September, releasing five detainees from each side. As part of the agreement, Iran transferred 6-billion-dollar of its assets frozen in two South Korean banks to six Iranian accounts in two Qatari banks...
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Iran has rejected a report that says the country had been barred from accessing its $6 billion funds recently unfrozen and transferred to Qatari banks. “There has been no change in the issue of Iran's access to its foreign exchange resources in Qatari banks and...
President Joe Biden’s decision to reward Iran with $6 billion in unfrozen assets is coming under withering criticism after Tehran-backed Hamas militants unleashed an unprovoked deadly attack on Israel that generated condemnation worldwide.
The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money in South Korea without fear of U.S. sanctions.
After Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, Republicans were quick to link, without evidence, the assault to the $6 billion in funds that were unfrozen as part of the prisoner swap between the U.S. and Iran.
TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that $6 billion of Iran's frozen funds has been transferred into Iran's bank accounts in Qatar.
custody and for $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets to be released by South Korea. Western journalists have been held in the past as well. Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian was held for more than 540 days before being released in 2016 in a prisoner swap between Iran and the U.S. ...
captivity, Iran has used prisoners with Western ties as bargaining chips in negotiations with the world. In September 2023, five Americans detained for years in Iran were freed in exchange for five Iranians in U.S. custody and for $6 billion in frozen ...
custody and for $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets to be released by South Korea. Roxana Saberi, an American journalist, was detained by Iran in 2009 for some 100 days before being released. Also detained by Iran was Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who was held for over 540 days...