Biden admin sanction waivers give Iran access to billions in funds to keep war efforts going, expert says

The sanctions relief allows Iraq to import electricity from Iran, provides funds in exchange for five U.S. prisoners and sales of petrochemicals as a workaround to a Trump-era sanction.

"If they are using the sanctions relief to fund their general budget, then ultimately [they] are to the benefit of the IRGC because the IRGC partakes in that regular budget," Schanzer said, noting the Biden administration has often argued that any waivers do not ultimately and directly benefit the Iranian military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news. 

"Let me put it this way: There is no way to do it without ultimately benefiting the regime and its ultimate objective, which is to fund its malign activities abroad," Schanzer, a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury noted.