An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader suggested that a peace deal hinges on the release of $24 billion in Iranian assets frozen by the United States.
The United States won’t unfreeze Iran’s assets until a long-term peace deal to end the conflict in the Middle East is reached, President Donald Trump said on June 7.
“If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking,” Trump said during an interview on “Meet the Press.”
Approximately $24 billion in Iranian assets are frozen by the United States.
Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, told CNN on June 5 that any peace deal would hinge on the U.S. releasing the stalled assets.
The Trump administration considered a plan to use some of Iran’s assets to help out neighboring countries that sustained damage during the three-month war, which started on Feb. 28.
A Treasury Department official confirmed to the Epoch Times on June 6 that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has already assigned a team to tally the total cost of damages inflicted by the Iranian regime.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Melanie Sun and Reuters contributed to this report.
By Jacki Thrapp
