Qatar's foreign minister said Tuesday that no progress has been made so far that would allow for the unfreezing of Iranian assets, according to a statement carried by Qatari state-linked channels. The remark updates the status of a 2023 agreement under which $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds in Qatar were designated for humanitarian purchases.
Qatar's foreign minister stated Tuesday that no progress has been made that would allow the unfreezing of Iranian assets held in Doha, according to official statements carried by Qatari state-linked media. The funds — $6 billion frozen under the 2023 agreement — remain designated solely for humanitarian purchases.
The statement is the latest in a rapid chain of claims and denials on Monday. At 11:04 Jerusalem, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian asserted that $6 billion had been released and transferred to Tehran in the past day, a claim that initially could not be independently verified. Roughly 1.5 hours later, Pezeshkian specified the transfer would happen "within hours," and by 11:04 he stated the transfer had been completed. However, also at 11:04, the Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson denied any transfer had occurred, a position the US backed. The minister's own statement on Tuesday now underscores the continued deadlock, with the Qatari government confirming no progress.
As The Zioneer reported on Monday, an Iranian foreign ministry delegation in Doha is focused solely on freeing assets, not on a final agreement, and no high-level US-Iran meeting is scheduled. Diplomatic sources told The Zioneer on June 14 that Qatar is offering Iran a more favorable timeline in a push to avert a strike, and that hardliners in Iran's Revolutionary Guards insist on delinking financial issues from security demands, including an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
What remains unresolved is the status of the $6 billion — Pezeshkian's Monday claim, the Qatari denial, and now the foreign minister's statement that no progress has been made, with no independent verification of any actual movement of funds.
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