Iran Demands US Release Its Money

If the US really wants to engage Iran then it must release $10 billion in frozen Iranian assets to show its good will, said the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian during an interview on state television yesterday, reported Reuters. “The Americans tried to contact us through different channels (at the U.N. General Assembly) in New York, and I told the mediators if America’s intentions are serious then a serious indication was needed ... by releasing at least $10 billion of blocked money,” the minister said. “They are not willing to free $10 billion belonging to the Iranian nation so that we can say that the Americans, once in the past several decades, considered the interests of the Iranian nation.”