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The United States and Qatar have agreed to stop Iran from using a fund of previously frozen Iranian assets after the terrorist-labeled Hamas attack on Israel on Saturday.
The money in the fund – six billion dollars (roughly 66 billion kroner) – was to be released after Tehran in September released five American citizens who had been imprisoned in Iran.
These are frozen Iranian assets that were stored in South Korean accounts and that, in connection with the release of the prisoners from Iran, were transferred to accounts in Qatar.
The agreement also included US President Joe Biden pardoning five Iranians who were in prison in the US.
Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, is labeled a terrorist by, among others, the EU and the US. Iran is considered to have supported Hamas financially and militarily for a long time.