A source told Reuters that the emerging US-Iran memorandum of understanding includes plans for a $300 billion private investment fund for Iran, financed entirely by private companies with no government money. Commitments for over half the amount have reportedly been secured from firms in the US, Gulf states, Asia, South America, and Africa. The fund would become active only upon the signing of a final agreement.
A source told Reuters that the emerging US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) includes a $300 billion private investment fund for Iran, funded entirely by private capital. According to the source, commitments for more than half of that amount have already been secured from companies in the United States, Gulf states, Asia, South America, and Africa. The fund would become active only upon the signing of a final agreement.
This latest Reuters report, published at 18:52 Jerusalem Monday, confirms and sharpens earlier accounts. At 13:37 Jerusalem the same day, The Zioneer reported that President Trump had disclosed a Qatar-brokered framework, saying Iran would invest 'trillions.' By 18:52, the Financial Times had described a $300 billion private fund contingent on a comprehensive nuclear deal and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Also at 18:52, Reuters — and later at 21:02 Jerusalem, The Zioneer — reported the fund was private and separate from frozen-asset talks. The current dispatch adds the detail that commitments exceed half the fund.
As The Zioneer reported at 21:07 Jerusalem on Monday, diplomatic correspondent Amichai Stein (i24NEWS) said a published draft of the MOU also includes a ceasefire in Lebanon and a $300 billion reconstruction plan. On June 12, The Zioneer reported that Iran's own version of the framework — 14 articles — included the investment fund and excluded its missile program and regional proxies. The same day, Iranian media reported a potential $24 billion frozen-asset release and provisions for Lebanon. On June 13, the desk reported via Reuters that the UAE had agreed to release approximately $10 billion in frozen Iranian funds.
The MOU has not been officially confirmed by the US or Israel. The source's claim that private firms have already committed over half the fund's $300 billion target could not be independently verified, and no specific companies were named. Whether Gulf states — Iran's principal regional rival — would participate as major investors remains an open question.
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