Seyyed Abbas Araghchi told reporters on Saturday that Iran would get $2.8 billion which will be deposited into Iran’s account in six installments over the next four months.
“The group 5+1 agreed to pay four $500-millon and two $400-million tranches to Iran through three weeks beginning August 1,” said Araghchi in Vienna after the end of Tehran’s sixth round of nuclear talks with the E3/Eu+3.
Abbas Araghchi had already said that $4.2 billion of Iranian frozen assets would be released in eight stages.
$2.55 billion of Iran’s blocked assets has been released and transferred to Iranian Central Bank and India cleared its debt to Iran paying the 6th and 7th installments of Iran’s frozen funds.
Iran and 5+1 states rached a deal on November 24 dubbing Geneva Joint Plan of Action according to which the Sextet to ease some sanctions, release parts of Iran's frozen assets. Iran had also agreed to temporarily limit certain nuclear activities.
On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton announced in a statement that Iran and the 5+1 had agreed on the extension of talks over Tehran’s nuclear energy program until upcoming November 24.
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