Iran has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that Washington plans to use Iran’s unfrozen funds to purchase American agricultural products. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and top negotiator, denied the claim, calling it completely false. In a post on social media platform X, Ghalibaf said the United States only exports genetically modified soybeans, broken promises, and nonsense.
Iran has emphasized that, under the terms of the ongoing agreement, it alone will decide how to spend its released assets, not the United States. The dispute follows reports from Iranian state media that Washington has agreed to release 12 billion dollars of Iran’s frozen funds and temporarily suspend sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports as part of the negotiations.
The exchange highlights continuing tensions between Tehran and Washington over financial assets and trade conditions, even as both sides discuss limited economic relief measures.