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Thursday, June 25, 2026
Iran’s Ghalibaf rejects US claim that unfrozen assets will be spent on US goods
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Iran’s parliament speaker and top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, denies claims by US officials that unfrozen Iranian funds will be directed to American purchases to benefit the Iranian public.
“America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we’re harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust,” Ghalibaf says in a post on X, in the most recent assertion by Tehran that it will manage its own assets. “It’s organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks.”
America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks.
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) June 25, 2026
US Vice President JD Vance said following Sunday’s US-Iran talks in Switzerland that US President Donald Trump’s top aide Jared Kushner has worked with Qatar on a proposal under which Washington and Doha would both have approval over any unfrozen Iranian assets, to ensure that rather than fund terrorism, the funds would be directed toward purchasing things like “American soy, American corn, and American wheat for the benefit of the Iranian people.”
Trump and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have made the same claim, saying that a large percentage of Iran’s unfrozen assets will be used to buy US foods and medicine, with Bessent stating that the US Department of Treasury will have an operation in Doha to oversee the funds.
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