1/27/2025–|Last update: 27/1/202501:41 PM (Mecca time)
The Iranian Avenue website quoted the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Majeed Takht Rwanchi, as saying that his country is consulting with Qatar on Iranian assets in Qatari banks.
The Iranian official commented on Iranian assets in Qatari banks as part of his talk about Western sanctions on his country and the fate of the nuclear agreement between his country and the major countries, and said that his country’s government did not exchange any message with the administration of the new US President Donald Trump.
He pointed out that the period of the nuclear agreement between his country and the major countries will end in October 2025 based on Security Council Resolution 2231.
In his speech, Rwanchi stressed that the policy of the maximum pressure that America and Western countries against his country had failed.
In August 2023, the United States and Iran had reached a Qatari -brokers agreement, to release 6 billion dollars of Iranian -frozen assets in South Korea, which is converted into Iranian accounts in Qatari banks, with the requirement of their use to buy non -penalties, such as penalties, such as Food and medicine.
Last October, Iranian President Masoud Boukhshkian announced the fulfillment of understandings with Qatar on these assets, after meetings with the central bank governors in the two countries and talks with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
However, a US State Department spokesman confirmed at the time that these funds are still frozen in Qatar, and the Iranian side was unable to reach or use it.
The head of the Iranian -Qatari -Qatari Chamber of Commerce, Mustafa Salhi Ahmadinejad last December, suggested the establishment of a joint financial institution to facilitate the transfer of funds between the two countries. This proposal aims to simplify financial transactions and overcome obstacles from international sanctions imposed on Iran.
