US signals Iran won't access its $6 billion in Qatar any time soon

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Watch onTEL AVIV/WASHINGTON - The United States signaled on Thursday that it would not grant Iran access to $6 billion in Iranian funds parked in a Qatar bank last month as part of a prisoner exchange and that it retained the right to completely freeze the account.

Blinken said the U.S. Treasury oversees any disbursement to ensure it is used only for humanitarian purposes. Several U.S. media outlets reported on Thursday that the United States and Qatar had agreed to stop Iran from accessing the money. The Iranian oil revenues had been frozen in Seoul after Washington, under former President Donald Trump, placed a total ban on Iran's oil exports and sanctioned its banks in 2019.

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