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US signs off on transfer of $6b to Iran in prisoner deal
President Joe Biden's administration has insisted that Iran will only be allowed to use the money to buy food, medicine and other humanitarian goods, a point contested by Iran's clerical state, a nemesis of Washington since the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew the pro-Western shah.
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
AFP
Washington, United States
The United States confirmed on Monday it had signed off on the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds