October 23, 2023 - 5:54pm | By Tom Tucker
(Washington, D.C.) -- U.S. Senator from South Dakota John Thune is calling on Congress to approve a long-term freeze on a six-billion-dollar payment from the U.S. to Iran.
Thune wants to block Iran's access to the money, which was part of a prisoner swap.
Some lawmakers believe Iran would use the money to support Hamas if Biden were to send it now.
Thune says he hopes his colleagues on both sides of the aisle, quote, "stand up to the world's largest state sponsor of terror, and that is Iran."
