ISTANBUL, Turkiye: Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, said today that USD6 billion (approx. RM24.5 billion) in frozen assets in Qatar will be returned to Tehran as part of a preliminary deal between Iran and the United States (US), Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing local broadcaster.
“With the start of the talks, the USD6 billion we have in Qatar will be released,” Pezeshkian said in a statement carried by the state broadcaster, IRIB.
“What is certain is that we will never give up our right to enrich uranium, and the other side will be forced to accept it,” he added.
US and Iranian delegations arrived early in Switzerland for technical negotiations under a memorandum of understanding signed on Wednesday to end the months-long Middle East conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The talks in Burgenstock will be led by US Vice-President, JD Vance, and Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, and Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, on the Iranian side, under Pakistani mediation. – BERNAMA-ANADOLU
