Author: Jack Dutton
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Why is Iran urging Qatar to release $6B in frozen oil payments?
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has asked the Qatari emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to release $6 billion in Iranian oil revenues held in Doha, despite US pressure not to do so. “We consider Qatar a friendly and brotherly country, although there are still ambiguous and unresolved issues,” Khamenei said on Wednesday,…