Iran has set a condition for a peace agreement with the U.S.
Iran has stated that it is not ready to reach a peace agreement with the U.S. unless Washington unfreezes approximately $24 billion of its assets. The negotiations have effectively reached an impasse, and the parties are shifting the responsibility for the next steps onto one another.
The negotiation process between the US and Iran has reached a difficult phase, with frozen Iranian assets serving as the key stumbling block; Tehran considers access to these assets a necessary condition for any progress toward a peace agreement. This was stated in a comment to CNN by Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
According to him, without financial concessions from Washington, no agreement can be reached, as the issue of assets is central to the current diplomatic crisis. “The negotiations have reached an impasse, and U.S. President Donald Trump must break the deadlock. The ball is in Trump’s court,” Rezaei said in an interview with the network.
As CNN notes, Iran insists on a phased unfreezing of funds: initially, this involves approximately $12 billion immediately following a possible interim agreement, with another $12 billion to follow in the next phase. At the same time, according to journalists, the American side is cautious about this idea, fearing a loss of leverage over Tehran in the negotiations.
Washington believes that prematurely unblocking the funds could weaken the U.S. position in future agreements, while Iran, on the contrary, calls this a key condition for any progress. Against this backdrop, negotiations remain effectively stalled, and the parties continue to exchange political signals rather than concrete decisions. This is reported by CNN.
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