$6 billion in Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea now in Qatar, key for prisoner swap with US - Breitbart

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Five imprisoned citizens who were in Iran will be given to the U.S. side reciprocally, based on their will.
50% : Some $6 billion of Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea is now in Qatar, a key element for a planned prisoner swap between Tehran and the United States $6 billion in Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea now in Qatar, key for prisoner swap with USBy JON GAMBRELLAssociated PressThe Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) --
49% : That money was then sent to Qatar, an interlocutor between Tehran and Washington in the negotiations.
44% : Some $6 billion of Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea is in Qatar, a key element for a planned prisoner swap between Tehran and the United States, an Iranian official said Monday. Nasser Kanaani made the comment during a news conference aired on state television, but the feed cut immediately after his remarks without explanation.
40% : The announcement by Kanaani comes weeks after Iran said that five Iranian-Americans are now under house arrest as part of a confidence-building move while Seoul allowed the frozen assets, held in South Korean won, to be converted into euros.
31% : The cash represents money South Korea owed Iran -- but had not yet paid -- for oil purchased before the Trump administration imposed sanctions on such transactions in 2019.
30% : The five prisoners Iran has said it seeks are mostly held over allegedly trying to export material to Iran.
30% : Iranian government officials have largely concurred with that explanation, though some hard-liners have insisted, without providing evidence, that there would be no restrictions on how Tehran spends the money. ___ Associated Press writer Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
21% : The deal has also already opened President Joe Biden to fresh criticism from Republicans and others who say that the administration is helping boost the Iranian economy at a time when Iran poses a growing threat to U.S. troops and Mideast allies.

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