Bombshell documents have revealed that lame-duck President Joe Biden unfroze billions of dollars in seized assets for Iran’s Islamic terrorist regime shortly after Democrats lost power in last month’s elections.
According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, Biden waived sanctions following the Democrats’ election losses last month.
The move gave the Islamic Republic of Iran 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.
The document claimed it was “in the national security interest of the United States” to allow Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, to access the $10 billion that had been frozen.
“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,” the report said.
“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.”
Biden’s administration claims that the money is not going to be used for terrorism.
The Biden admin insists that 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.
Iran’s activists came to a head last year when the Islamic terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7.
Hamas is funded by Iran’s government.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in May, gloated in an interview last year that Iran would spend the unfrozen funds 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 asking:
“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.”
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