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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-oil-waiver-iran-hamas-israel-1833864

In the wake of the Hamas attack against Israel,
some Republicans said that the Biden
administration helped play a role in the
violence by unfreezing $6 billion of Iranian
oil money in exchange for the release of five
American hostages.

The accusation, which has been dismissed by
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the
White House National Security Council (NSC),
said the Biden administration's decision to
free up $6 billion in frozen money so it can
be moved from countries such as South Korea
allowed Iran, a supporter of the Islamist
militant group, to help Hamas orchestrate
the attack.

However, the frozen $6 billion had originated
in a decision made by Donald Trump during his
time in the White House.

In 2018, Trump granted eight countries,
including South Korea, a waiver that allowed
them to continue purchasing oil from Iran
even after the U.S. imposed sanctions on the
Gulf nation after Trump abandoned the Iran
nuclear deal as he took a much tougher line
against Tehran than predecessor Barack Obama.

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