On all fronts, Tehran has failed to get access to the frozen funds, and even a close ally, Baghdad, has not been quite helpful with releasing the funds and circumventing U.S. For almost 20 months, Tehran has been pleading with the International Monetary Fund to get a $5 billion loan, allegedly counterfeiting the Covid-19 virus. In January 2021, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Naval forces seized a South Korean vessel and triggered an international fiasco in order to press Seoul to release $7 billion in funds frozen. On August 22, during the Japanese foreign minister’s visit to Tehran, Ebrahim Raisi asked Japan to release Iranian funds frozen in the country because of U.S.

Reviewing the previous attempts by Iranian officials reveal the latter.Īmir-Abdollahian’s latest remarks come less than a month after the Raisi administration demanded the release of 10 billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets as another supposed gesture of goodwill from the U.S. “If there is a serious will in Washington to return to the deal, there is no need for all these negotiations at all,” Amir-Abdollahian said in reference to the discussions that have been stalled in Vienna since June.īut despite Tehran’s efforts to show strength, claiming there is no haste to return to negotiations, it desperately needs sanctions relief to save its collapsing economy, to avoid mass uprisings, and feed its proxies in the Middle East that have become unprecedently unpopular. conduct amidst efforts to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. On Sunday, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made a fresh attempt to dictate U.S.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Email Print

How to join ncr