Iranian official claims $24bn in assets to be unfrozen amid US denial
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- Iranian official says Donald Trump agreed to unfreeze $24bn in Iranian assets.
- US President Donald Trump has previously dismissed similar reports as “fake news.”
A senior Iranian official has claimed that US President Donald Trump has agreed to the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, according to Iranian state media.
Mohsen Rezaei, a member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, told the state-run Fars news agency that Trump “has agreed to the release of $24 billion of Iran’s frozen assets, but he does not explicitly declare this.”
The claim has not been independently verified, and no official confirmation has been issued by Washington.
Trump had previously dismissed similar Iranian media reports as “fake news,” pushing back on suggestions of any agreement involving the unfreezing of Iranian funds.
The competing narratives come amid heightened diplomatic sensitivity surrounding Iran’s frozen assets and broader negotiations involving Tehran and Western powers.
