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Zorro

(19,000 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:52 PM 1 hr ago

Trump Says Iran's Unfrozen Funds to Remain Under US Control

President Donald Trump said Iran will only be able to use funds released from frozen accounts to purchase food and medical supplies from the US, seeking to ease concerns about peace negotiations that both sides say are making progress.

The billions of dollars of unlocked financing will go “into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A.” and will be used for the purchase of US-grown products such as corn, wheat and soybeans, Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday.

He added that Iran had agreed to “highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future” in the parallel negotiation over Tehran’s atomic activities, a central part of the discussions to end the near four-month war and keep the critical Strait of Hormuz open.

However, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei disputed both notions, saying the funds would be used by his country “freely, in whatever manner it deems appropriate,” rather than being restricted to purchases from the US.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-23/iran-says-12-billion-to-be-unfrozen-ahead-of-rubio-s-gulf-tour?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MjIzNzEyMiwiZXhwIjoxNzgyODQxOTIyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSDJMWUtLR1pBTEQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNjgyQTUwQzJCRDM0MTFCQTgwQjEwQjZEQjczQzM1MSJ9.SBjHhxNHKe9ARITxVH2vlcTKDZ5scwqZoB-ztfBNjRs

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Trump Says Iran's Unfrozen Funds to Remain Under US Control (Original Post) Zorro 1 hr ago OP
I bet he steals it. greatauntoftriplets 1 hr ago #1
So he agreed to it to be used to try to bail out his farm policy disaster underpants 35 min ago #4
He absolutely is going to find a way to grift it. Baitball Blogger 26 min ago #6
Link Tip ProfessorGAC 1 hr ago #2
That's how Bloomberg's gift link rolls Zorro 54 min ago #3
yeah right hookaleft 29 min ago #5

underpants

(197,771 posts)
4. So he agreed to it to be used to try to bail out his farm policy disaster
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:40 PM
35 min ago

The Chinese aren’t going to be happy, he told them they could buy more US farmland….not that Trump remembers that.

Baitball Blogger

(52,877 posts)
6. He absolutely is going to find a way to grift it.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:50 PM
26 min ago

Dear God, WWIII is going to be started because of his avarice.

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