一 | The U.S. and Qatar have reached an agreement to prevent Iran from accessing $6 billion recently unfrozen as part of a prisoner swap, the deputy treasury secretary told lawmakers on Thursday, sources confirmed to ABC News.Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo told House Democrats in a closed-door briefing that the money "isn't going anywhere anytime soon," sources said.The agreement comes as the U.S. is scrutinizing Iran's role in backing Hamas, the terrorist group behind the unprecedented attacks on Israel over the weekend. Though the Biden administration said there's been no evidence that Iran played a direct role in the assault, the White House has said Iran is complicit given its decades of support for Hamas.The administration has faced calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to re-freeze the funds in the wake of the violent conflict.The $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue was freed up last month as part of the U.S.-Iranian prisoner swap in which five American citizens were freed. It was made available solely for humanitarian purposes and is under strict U.S. oversight.The White House on Thursday repeatedly stressed that Iran has not yet tapped this humanitarian fund."Every single dime of that money is still sitting in the Qatari bank. ... Not one dime of it has been spent," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.But Kirby went to great lengths not to comment publicly on this new understanding to prevent Iran from tapping these funds.ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce pressed Kirby about whether Iran could access the money if it wanted to."What I can tell you is none of it has been accessed and we are watching every dime as you would expect we would," he responded. "We're watching it very, very closely. ... We have oversight over -- over what can be assessed and for what purposes."Asked whether he didn't want to discuss the matter because of concerns that it would imply Iran's culpability, Kirby again stressed, "All I can tell you is we haven't seen any specific evidence that Iran was involved specifically with these attacks, but as we've said, broadly, yes, they're certainly complicit."Peppered with questions on the funds repeatedly during the press briefing, one reporter finally asked: "On the $6 billion, I'm trying to figure out if you' re saying that policy hasn't actually changed in any way or just that you aren't willing to talk about changes that may have happened in the last 24 hours?""Bingo! It's the last one," Kirby exclaimed.Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited Israel on Thursday in a show of support, also stressed the $6 billion fun could only be dispensed for humanitarian goods, medicine, medical equipment, and has "never touched Iranian hands.""We have strict oversight of the funds and we retain the right to freeze them," Blinken said.。
二 | 더불어민주당 김민석 대표가 이른바 '5·18 폄훼' 토론회를 열어 논란을 일으킨 국민의힘 이진숙 의원을 겨냥해 "여자 전두환으로 통일해서 불러 드리는 것이 어떨까 하는 생각"이라며 꼬집었습니다.김 대표는 오늘 경북 안동 경북도당에서 열린 최고위원회 마무리 발언에서 "이 의원이 '여자 히틀러'에 대해서는 시비를 걸고, '여자 전두환'에 대해서는 시비를 안 거냐는 말씀을 해주셔서, '여자 전두환이라는 호칭을 좋아하시나 보다'는 생각을 하게 됐다"고 말했습니다.앞서 김 대표는 지난 15일 민주당 순회경선에서 이 의원을 거론하며 "여자 전두환도, 여자 히틀러도 대한민국에 발붙이지 못하게 하겠다"고 말했는데, 이를 두고 이진숙 의원은 김 대표의 '여자 히틀러' 발언에 대해서만 경찰에 명예훼손 혐의로 고소했습니다.김 대표는 "여자 전두환에 대해선 본인의 명예를 훼손한다고 생각도 안 하는 것 같다"며 "전두환은 내란범으로 판결이 났기 때문에 '여자 전두환' 역시 역사적으로 정의가 될 것"이라고 지적했습니다.한병도 원내대표도 "어제 국회 운영위원회에선 이 의원 제명 촉구 결의안을 참석 의원 17명 전원 찬성으로 의결했다"며 "국민과 역사 앞에 반드시 그 책임을 묻겠다"고 강조했습니다.그러면서 "아직도 5·18이 논란과 정쟁의 한복판에 서야 하는 현실이 서글프고, 반성해야 할 이 의원은 오히려 피해자를 자처하고 국민의힘 의원들은 소리 높여 이 의원을 옹호하는 행태에 참담함을 금할 수 없었다"고 덧붙였습니다.。
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