Mojhsen Rezaei, adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, said Trump has agreed to release $24 billion of frozen Iranian assets but has not publicly declared his consent. The claim, reported by Barak Betesh (i24NEWS), aligns with Tehran's longstanding demand for unfrozen funds in exchange for diplomatic progress, but has not been independently confirmed.
Mojhsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed overnight that U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets but has chosen not to state this explicitly in public. The remarks were reported by Barak Betesh (i24NEWS) in the early hours of Thursday. Rezaei did not provide evidence for the assertion, which comes amid a flurry of conflicting signals between Washington and Tehran over the status of negotiations.
This is the latest in a series of contradictory statements by Iranian officials about the frozen-funds issue. Earlier this week, a U.S. official told The Zioneer that no funds would be released until Iran fulfills its commitments, while Iran's foreign minister and other officials have insisted that asset releases and the lifting of a naval blockade are preconditions for any deal. As The Zioneer reported on June 8, Khamenei adviser Mohsen Rezaei (a different figure bearing the same surname) had previously demanded $24 billion as a condition for progress. The current claim from a different adviser appears to muddy the waters further, suggesting internal Iranian signaling rather than a confirmed diplomatic breakthrough.
Other details of any putative deal — including ties to a Lebanon ceasefire, nuclear timelines, and Qatari oversight — remain unverified, as do any actual transfers of funds. The single-source nature of this report leaves the assertion unconfirmed.
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