Iran receives part of its frozen funds in Iraq
Iran receives part of its frozen funds in Iraq
2023-08-21 04:20
Shafaq News/ The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, confirmed today, Monday, that part of the Iranian funds frozen in Iraq had been received.
Fares news agency quoted Kanaani as saying, “There is part of our assets in Iraq, which were difficult to obtain due to American interventions. Some of these assets have been transferred and are now under implementation.”
“The government will not give up the people’s rights anywhere, and will continue this path, step by step,” Kanaani added.
He did not indicate the amount of money and the way it was obtained.
On August 11, official Iranian media revealed the details of the agreement reached by Tehran with the United States of America under the auspices of a third country, which provides for the exchange of prisoners between the two countries and the release of Iranian funds frozen in South Korea and Iraq.
The official Iranian News Agency, “IRNA”, quoted an official source familiar with this agreement, as saying, “This agreement requires Iran to release 5 American prisoners in exchange for the release of 5 Iranian prisoners in the United States of America.”
He explained that “in addition to that, 6 billion dollars of Iranian funds frozen in South Korea will be released, along with a large part also of Iranian funds in the Iraqi TBI Bank,” noting that “the first stages of the process of releasing Iranian funds in European banks have begun.” “.
On July 11, Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani announced Baghdad’s contact with the US regarding the payment of Iran’s dues for Iraq’s gas imports, amounting to 9 billion and 250 million euros, adding that Iraq had paid “up to one billion and 842 million euros in the seven-month period of The life of the government according to the agreed mechanism.
Al-Sudani added that a delegation from the Central Bank of Iraq and the Iraqi Trade Bank left Iraq for the Sultanate of Oman with the aim of “agreeing on a formula for transferring these funds to the Sultanate of Oman in agreement with the US Treasury.”
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