Iran Money Freeze: Blackburn Steps Up

Good on Sen. Marsha Blackburn for arranging a news conference of 11 Republican senators calling for a formal freeze on the $6 billion in released Iranian funds.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on data security at Twitter, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 13, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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Good on Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) for arranging a press conference of 11 Republican senators on Oct. 17 calling for a formal freeze on the $6 billion in Iranian funds, actually a payment to the mullahs, lifted by the Biden administration in return for hostages.