Biden admin under pressure to stop billions of dollars in sanctions relief to Iran

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JERUSALEM— The Biden administration is facing growing pressure over its policy of pumping billions into the cash-starved economy of Iran’s regime after its proxies were accused of killing three U.S. soldiers in Jordan in late January.

It's been reported that Biden might again extend this month's sanctions waiver to the Islamic Republic of Iran that would result in as much as $10 billion funneled into Iran’s coffers.

Richard Goldberg, a former member of then President Trump’s National Security Council, told Fox News Digital, "In the four months since President Biden last renewed this waiver and gave Iran access to billions of dollars, Biden has subsidized the murder of three American soldiers, non-stop attacks on the U.S. Navy and American-owned ships in the Red Sea, and a threatening expansion of Iran’s nuclear program. If the president extends Iran’s access to these funds, Senate Republicans should mount a campaign to force a vote on legislation that would lock down the cash."

Iranian regime-backed proxies murdered three American soldiers at Tower 22 in Jordan. Tehran’s wholly-owned Houthi terrorist movement based in Yemen has launched fierce attacks on U.S vessels, as well as disrupted maritime trade in the Red Sea.

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