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President Joe Biden reportedly waived sanctions following the Democrats’ 
election losses last month that gave the Islamic Republic of Iran — the 
world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — access to billions of dollars of 
frozen assets.

The Free Beacon obtained a copy of the non-public order transmitted to 
Congress from the State Department that claimed it was “in the national 
security interest of the United States” to allow Iran to access the $10 
billion that had been frozen.

The report said:

	The Biden State Department tweaked the waiver last year to allow 
	Tehran to convert the funds from Iraqi dinars to euros, then hold 
	those euros in bank accounts based in Oman. Access to a widely traded 
	currency like the euro enables Iran to more easily spend the cash 
	in international markets. Under the first Trump administration, Iran 
	had to keep the cash in an escrow account in Baghdad, making it 
	more difficult to access.

The Biden administration claims that the money is not going to be used for 
terrorism because the funds can only be used for humanitarian purposes.

However, money is fungible, meaning it can be easily moved around, hidden, 
and used for different purposes.

Many have raised concerns about the administration waiving sanctions against 
the regime after it has funded the majority of terrorism in the Middle East 
for years, which came to a head last year when Hamas launched an 
unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel on October 7.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in May, said in an interview last 
year that Iran would spend the money however it wanted to.

“What is your expectation of its [the money’s] use?” asked NBC News host 
Lester Holt. “We’re told that it’s for humanitarian purposes — food and 
medicine. Do you believe you have the right to use that money in any way that 
you see fit?”

“This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and naturally, we will 
decide, the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide to spend it wherever we need 
it,” Raisi answered. “How to spend our money of course, it is under the 
authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Holt responded by asked, “So if I hear you clearly that it will be used for 
more than humanitarian purposes in your view?”

“Humanitarian means whatever the Iranian people need, so this money will be 
budgeted for those needs,” Raisi said. “And the needs of the Iranian people 
will be decided and determined by the Iranian government.”

	Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says they’ll use the $6 billion 
	from the Biden Admin “wherever we need it … as determined by the 
	Iranian government” pic.twitter.com/KMLUfk2xhl

	— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 12, 2023

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