TEHRAN, Jan 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Qatar and the United States were committed to an agreement with Iran, regarding the country’s use of its unfrozen funds worth six billion U.S. dollars, Qatari Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said yesterday.
The fund release process was advancing, following agreement between the central banks of Iran and Qatar, said the Qatari foreign minister, during a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
Iran’s funds were released last year by South Korea, as part of a prisoner swap agreement between Iran and the United States, and were transferred to six Iranian accounts in two Qatari banks.
The two sides also discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, and stressed the necessity to end the crisis in Gaza, according to a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website.– NNN-IRNA
