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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that $6 billion of the country’s frozen assets held in Qatar will be released and returned to Iran under the recently-signed Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States.
“Based on the plans made, $6 billion out of a total of $12 billion of Iran’s funds in Qatar will be released and returned to the country,” Pezeshkian said during a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Shobeiri Zanjani on Monday as reported by IRNA.
He added that “necessary follow-ups are being carried out” for the return of the remaining funds.
He described the Iran-US MoU as “a great victory for the Iranian people,” adding that oil and petrochemical sanctions have been lifted as per the understanding.
“The US has ultimately forced the Zionist regime (Israel) to accept the understanding, although the Zionist regime and some monarchist currents remain opposed to its implementation,” the Iranian president noted.