Contrary to claims by ‘bitter people’, Iran will have ‘full access’ to released assets: Marandi
A senior Iranian political analyst says Tehran will have "full and direct" access to its funds illegally blocked in South Korea when they are released following a recent prisoner swap deal between Iran and the United States.
In a Thursday post on Twitter, which has recently been rebranded as X, Mohammad Marandi, a professor at University of Tehran, dismissed certain "dishonest" claim made by "bitter" people about the country's access to its $6 billion worth of funds that have been illegally frozen in South Korea under the pretext of being subject to US sanctions.
"Iran will have full and direct access to its released assets, there will be no Qatari companies involved," Marandi tweeted.
He added that Iranian banks will have full control and can "purchase goods and services without any limitation or restriction."
In a statement on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry announced the start of a process to unblock $6 billion worth of the country’s assets that were frozen in South Korea, emphasizing, "Iran has received the necessary guarantee for the United States' commitment to its obligations in this regard."
In addition to unfreezing of the funds, the ministry added, the release of those Iranian prisoners who had been arrested and held across American jails "illegally and under the vain pretext of their bypassing of the US's oppressive sanctions will be realized soon.
Iran's mission at the United Nations on Thursday confirmed that American inmates had been transferred out of Tehran's Evin prison as part of the prisoner swap deal with the United States, mediated by a third country, IRNA reported.
Based on the agreement, "the two sides will mutually release the 5 prisoners in question and make them subject to amnesty."
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