The United States blocks $6 billion worth of humanitarian aid to Iran

The Middle East risk framework already extends beyond the borders of Israel and the Gaza Strip contained in it. As expected, within a few days, starting on Saturday, we have already reached superpowers. Now, Forbes and the Washington Post report that the United States will block $6 billion worth of humanitarian aid from reaching Iran because Tehran is considered the main backer of Hamas.

In recent weeks, the Iranian government released 5 American prisoners in exchange for the same number of Iranians: compensation, also administered by Qatar, on the condition that Iran would then be able to receive $6 billion financed by Iranian oil sales, it is reported. In recent days, US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

Six billion dollars

Instead, the red light has now been turned on for this huge sum, and now there is fear of a counter-action by Iran, which has denied helping Hamas launch a large-scale attack in recent days.

The agreement also stipulates that these billions will be used to support the poorest populations, a circumstance that is always difficult to verify. Yesterday, Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee asked Biden to “refreeze $6 billion in assets out of concern that there is a significant risk that these funds could be used for actions directly against Israel by Iran or Hamas.”

Tehran officially said it was “surprised by the Hamas attack,” but President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Iran was “complicit in this attack in a broad sense,” CBS reported.

What will they do now? United StateIn addition to supporting Tel Aviv by deploying the nuclear aircraft carrier “Ford” between Cyprus and Israel? The problem is that the United Nations has already said that these billions “rightfully belong to the Iranian people.”

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