TEHRAN, Aug 17 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister, said yesterday that, the recent prisoner swap and assets release deal between Tehran and Washington, will once again put U.S. promises to the test.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a post on X, previously known as Twitter, while elaborating on the recent unfreezing of billions of dollars in Iranian funds, that were blocked by the United States for some years in a number of banks in the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Amir-Abdollahian added, the unfreezing of the assets and their transfer to a European bank was an achievement, in line with the Iranian government’s efforts to pursue diplomacy with dignity, as stressed by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
“Of course, this stage of the agreement is a retest of the U.S. (commitment to its pledges).”
The Iranian foreign minister stressed that, the country would continue its diplomatic efforts to lift the sanctions and prepare the ground for all parties’ return to their commitments towards Iran, under the 2015 nuclear deal.
Last week, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said, the ROK banks are unfreezing Iran’s assets, the amount of which was put at six billion dollars, and a number of “illegally” jailed Iranians in the United States will soon be released.
Last Friday, Mohammad Jamshidi, Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, said in a post on X that, simultaneously with the release of the held Iranians in the U.S., and the transfer of the frozen Iranian assets, a number of U.S. prisoners in Iran will be released.– NNN-IRNA
