Iran's Frozen Funds

Pezeshkian:

Iran, Qatar reach 'good understanding' on $6bn unfrozen funds

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran has reached a "good understanding" with Qatar on the $6 billion in Iranian funds that are being withheld by Doha after their release from South Korean banks.

Iran, Qatar FMs say most players call for end of war on Gaza

TEHRAN, Jan. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has exchanged views with his Qatari counterpart about bilateral relations and the Zionist Israeli regime's genocidal war on Gaza.

Iran rejects reports on deal not to release $6b frozen funds

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations dismissed a report that claims the United States and Qatar had agreed to prevent the Islamic Republic from accessing $6 billion recently unfrozen and transferred to Qatari bank.

Iran's blocked assets released: CBI Governor

TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that $6 billion of Iran's frozen funds has been transferred into Iran's bank accounts in Qatar.

Qatar FM:

Wiring Iran’s unfrozen funds to Qatar to finish next week

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister said that the process of wiring Iran's unfrozen funds in South Korea to bank accounts in Qatar under a prisoner exchange deal with the US will compete next week.

President Raeisi:

Tehran to spend $6 billion released wherever necessary

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – The Iranian president says that his government will decide how it will spend $6 billion due to be released by the United States, telling US media that the money will be spent "wherever we need it."

Envoy to Qatar:

Iran, US in final stages of implementing prisoner swap

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran's ambassador to Doha said that the implementation of the prisoner swap with the United States and the release of Iranian assets is in its final stages.

US allows release of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds

TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – The Biden administration has issued a waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of US sanctions. 

S. Korea FM:

Efforts underway to transfer Iran's frozen funds

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Efforts are underway to transfer Iran's funds that had been frozen in South Korea, foreign minister Park Jin said.

Releasing funds opens new chapter in Iran-S Korea ties: FM

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – Iran's foreign minister says a recent agreement reached to unblock the country’s frozen funds in South Korea will open a new chapter in the two countries' relations.

Iranian frozen assets transferred to Swiss: report

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iranian assets that had been frozen in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland’s central bank last week for exchange and transfer to Iran, media outlets reported on Monday.

Kan'ani:

FM Amir-Abdollahian to visit Saudi Arabia in near future

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Iranian top diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is scheduled to visit Riyadh at the invitation of his Saudi counterpart in the near future, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced.

Senior diplomat:

Iran receives guarantee of Washington's commitments

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani says that Tehran has received the required guarantees from Washington over the release of Iran's frozen funds in Seoul, as well as the prisoner swap.

Iraq to speed up releasing Iranian funds: Minister

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Iran’s finance minister says Iranian funds that have remained blocked in Iraq in recent years because of US bans will be released in the shortest time possible based on a recent understanding reached between Iran and Iraq.

There is solution for settlement of Iraq debts to Iran: Envoy

TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Stressing the continuation of Tehran-Baghdad relations, Iran's ambassador to Iraq emphasized that there is another solution for releasing Iranian money from the country.

Economy minister:

Iran likely to receive freed funds in Seoul in near future

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ehsan Khandouzi says that Iran will likely receive its released funds frozen in South Korea in the coming weeks.

$2.7 bn of Iran frozen assets released in Iraq

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – Head of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Yahya Al-e Es’haq says that $2.7 billion of Iran's frozen assets were released in Iraq.

Report:

$24 bn of Iran frozen assets to be released in near future

TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) – 24 billion dollars of Iran's frozen assets will be released from Iraq and South Korea in the near future, an Iranian media outlet reported on Tuesday.

Iran FM:

ICJ verdict highlights legitimacy of Iran's positions

TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) – Iran's foreign ministry reacted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict on Thursday, saying that the ruling showed Iran's legitimacy and the wrongful US behavior.

Mokhber:

Several billion dollars of Iran's frozen assets released

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber says that several billion dollars of the frozen assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran were released during the past few days.

Seoul diplomat holds phone talks with US, EU negotiators

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – South Korea's vice foreign minister held back-to-back phone talks Fri. with the top EE and US negotiators involved in discussions aimed at restoring a 2015 Iran nuclear deal, his office said.

Bagheri says insisted to S. Korea need to free Iran money

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iranian deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri says that in a phone call with South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong Wed. he insisted on the need to release frozen Iranian assets by Seoul.

Iran, S. Korea vice FMs hold talks on frozen funds, ties

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Senior diplomats of South Korea and Iran held phone talks Wednesday to discuss ways to improve bilateral relations strained by the issue of Iranian funds frozen here, Seoul's foreign ministry said.

South Korea to discuss Iran's blocked assets with US: FM

TEHRAN, Jun. 14 (MNA) – Saying that there are some obstacles to freeing Iran's blocked assets, South Korean Foreign Minister claimed that Seoul will discuss the issue with Iran and also with the United States.

Khatibzadeh:

Iran's frozen funds abroad to be released soon

TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) – Confirming the news over the imminent release of Iran's frozen funds abroad, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said that a delegation in connection with the issue will visit Tehran next week.

Khatibzadeh expounds on Iranian delegation’s visit to S Korea

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh explained about the visit of Iranian delegation to South Korea over Iran’s blocked assets in this country.

Iran, South Korea hold working group talks on frozen funds

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – Iran and South Korea have held working-level consultations to discuss ways to resolve disputes over Tehran's assets frozen under US sanctions, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Iranian frozen assets in Trade Bank of Iraq released

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – The financial resources of Iran that had been blocked in the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) were released.

CBI urges S. Korea to return Iran's frozen assets

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) -- Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has submitted a letter of intent (LOI) for ​Investor-State Dispute Settlement(ISDS), requesting South Korea to return its frozen assets locked in Korean banks.