Does the resolution of the House of Representatives mean blocking Iran’s 6 billion dollars in Qatar?

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the US House of Representatives last night approved a plan that asks Joe Biden’s administration to permanently freeze 6 billion dollars of freed Iranian assets that are kept in a bank in Qatar. .

This plan presented by “Michael McCall”, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives, was approved with 307 votes in favor and 119 votes against. Despite this, its approval does not mean that it becomes a law and, consequently, the freezing of Iran’s freed assets.

Legislative plans in America must go through a tortuous path to become law. After being approved in one of the two houses of Congress (Senate and House of Representatives), every plan must be approved in the other house and then signed by the President of the United States.

President, After receiving the approval, the Congress can use its authority to veto the approval and return the plan to the Congress. At this stage, if the Congress representatives want to turn the plan into a law without the President’s signature, they must re-approve it with the support of two-thirds of the legislators.

Regarding this plan, the parallel plan with The resolution of the House of Representatives has not been approved in the Senate. Although American senators have introduced their plan to block Iran’s assets, the Associated Press writes that it is unlikely that the plan will be approved by the Senate, where the majority of seats are held by the Democrats.

In the Senate, some lawmakers who support Joe Biden’s government have defended the White House’s decision to release Iranian assets in exchange for the release of several American prisoners.

In the past days, the White House has defended the decision of the Biden administration and emphasized the necessity of implementing the agreement with Iran. About two months ago, Qatar’s foreign minister rejected the rumors and emphasized that his country adheres to the implementation of the agreement between Iran and the United States regarding the $6 billion Iranian assets in Qatar.

Washington In 2018, he blocked several billion dollars from Iran’s oil sales to South Korea after former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA nuclear agreement.

South Korea’s efforts to deliver these assets to Iran since then have been opposed by the United States. However, on August 19, news sources reported that Iran and the United States have agreed to release these assets in exchange for the exchange of several prisoners between the two sides. The agreement between Iran and the United States for the exchange of prisoners, five Iranian prisoners including “Mehrdad Moin Ansari”, “Kambiz Attar Kashani”, “Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani”, “Amin Hassanzadeh” and “Kave Lotfollah Afrasiabi” were released. Pour entered Iran.

In this exchange, three American spies, “Siamak Namazi”, “Imad Sharqi” and “Morad Tahbaz”, along with two others, one of whom was a woman, They were freed and transferred to Doha and from there to America.

On the other hand, the process of freeing Iran’s blocked assets in South Korea was completed and these amounts were deposited into Iran’s accounts in Qatari banks. became.

After the operation of Hamas on October 7 against the Zionist regime, a group of representatives of the American Congress claimed that Iran financed this operation and demanded the blocking of these assets in Qatar.

In this regard, the Washington Post claimed after the October 7 operation that the United States and Qatar had reached an agreement to freeze 6 billion dollars of Iranian assets. This claim was denied by all parties, including the United States.

Iran’s representative in the United Nations denied this claim and said: “This news is devoid of truth.” The publication of such news tarnishes the credibility of the Washington Post.