Potential US-Iran deal hinges on releasing frozen assets, senior Iranian official says

By ToI Staff and Reuters 5 June 2026, 7:29 pm

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Former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei casts his ballot during the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)

A potential agreement between Washington and Tehran hinges on US President Donald Trump’s administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, CNN quotes Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, as saying.

“The negotiations are at a deadlock and Trump must break this deadlock,” he says.

“If [Trump] wants to reach an agreement with Iran, this $24 billion is a test of trust that Iran wants to have with Trump – this is a test that America must pass and the path will be opened,” he says. “This is our own money, not America’s money.”