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Bessent Insists US Treasury Will Oversee Unfrozen Iranian Funds: Food & Medicine Only
Bessent Insists US Treasury Will Oversee Unfrozen Iranian Funds: Food & Medicine Only
There remains a major divergence in how Iran and the United States are interpreting the results of the MoU signing in the wake of the historic Switzerland peace talks, as lower-level teams remain in place to hammer out the technical details of the agreement.
The divergence/contradiction continues to be seen in not only the latest statements from President Trump himself, but also from the US Treasury:
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has insisted that a large portion of unfrozen Iranian...
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