The Biden White House is pushing ahead with a $6 billion dollar prison exchange deal, which gives Tehran access to billions in Iran oil profits that had been previously blocked by U.S. sanctions. Dan DeLuce and David Rhode join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the controversy behind Iran’s use of that money. “On the one hand, the money is monitored, it is tracked, it's in Qatar, it's not sitting in a bank in Tehran, and they can only use it for these items that are not under sanctions,” DeLuce said. “However, if you get $6 billion, that frees up other money. So obviously critics are honing in on that and saying, essentially, we're allowing them we're freeing up money that they would like to use for other purposes.” ...

President Joe Biden will approve the transfer $6 billion of frozen funds to the government of Iran in a prisoner swap deal, it was confirmed Monday. The deal would free five Americans being held captive in Iran in exchange for the release of five Iranian citizens being held in the U.S. Secretary of ... ...