Iran Will Decide How to Use Unfrozen Assets: Ambassador
- On Tuesday, Iran asserted its exclusive control over $12 billion in frozen assets set to be released, contradicting United States claims that Washington and Qatar maintain approval authority over the funds.
- The asset release stems from a memorandum signed last week by Tehran and Washington, establishing a 60-day negotiation period to address Iran's nuclear program and sanctions relief.
- US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that the United States and Qatar created a solution requiring their approval for fund usage, ensuring assets would not fund terrorism and could buy US goods.
- Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, rejected the US position, stating "Certainly, Iran does not allow them to have further influence on the other processes... That is something Iran and only Iran will decide."
- While acknowledging Qatar's technical role in defreezing assets, Bahreini emphasized that "Iran is the only country who will decide what to do with its assets, which are going to be defrozen.
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Iran can boast of having taken a good spoils in the first round of negotiations with the US in Switzerland. On Monday, after getting Washington to authorize the lifting of sanctions on its oil – which will mean a whole ball of oxygen for its tight finances – Tehran announced an agreement to access 12 billion dollars in frozen assets abroad.Keep reading...
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