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Iranian officials in Qatar said seeking earlier access to frozen funds in US deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Iranian officials in Qatar are pushing to revise the wording of a potential agreement with the United States in an effort to secure the earlier release of some frozen Iranian assets, Channel 12 reports, citing a US source.
Iranian top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and Iran’s central bank governor are in Doha for talks with Qatar’s prime minister on the potential US-Iran deal, in part hoping to discuss the potential release of frozen Iranian funds as part of a final agreement, an official told Reuters earlier today.
According to Channel 12, Tehran is seeking to introduce the last-minute changes in order to present tangible achievements on the domestic front.
In a separate report that did not cite sources, Channel 12 says Qatar has also proposed extending Iran a $12 billion loan earmarked for humanitarian purposes, which, according to the report’s framing, would effectively function as an economic grant for Tehran.
Senior US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff plan to visit Israel if an agreement is ultimately reached, the Hebrew network adds, citing a US official, who says that they would come ahead of the deal for consultations and briefings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Times of Israel Community.