President Donald Trump said Tuesday that funds or sanctions relief released by the US Treasury to Iran will be deposited into an escrow account under US control and used exclusively for the purchase of food and medical equipment from the United States, including corn, wheat, and soybeans. Trump described the situation as a humanitarian crisis and said talks are proceeding well, according to a statement attributed to him by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS).
President Donald Trump stated Tuesday afternoon that any funds or sanctions relief the US Treasury releases to Iran under the ongoing nuclear deal will be deposited into a US-controlled escrow account and may only be used to purchase American food and medical supplies, including corn, wheat, and soybeans. Trump characterized the situation as a humanitarian crisis and asserted that talks are progressing well. The statement, attributed to Trump by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS), comes amid a flurry of US announcements on the Iran financial framework. As The Zioneer has reported, Trump earlier Tuesday morning stated that Iran would grant IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites and that frozen assets would be used for US food purchases — a claim Tehran rejected. The financial mechanism described mirrors elements of prior US proposals reported by the Wall Street Journal and discussed by the administration. The precise scope of the relief and the escrow timeline were not specified in the statement.
2 developments
- StrongTrump says Iran will grant IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites, use frozen funds for US food
- StrongTrump: Iran agreed to permanent nuclear inspections, US-controlled escrow for food
- DevelopingTrump reportedly set to grant Iran major financial relief within days, per Israeli media
- StrongTrump: Iranian enriched uranium 'not very important,' 'buried safely underground'
Source and signal
- Internal intake