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Most of Iran’s Frozen Asset Funds Will Go Toward US Food and Medicine Purchases Under Agreement
WASHINGTON, Jun 23: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that a significant portion of funds made available to Iran under a new arrangement would be directed toward p...
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BRICS News
· Jun 23, 2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump says unfrozen Iranian funds will be used to buy US food and medi [...]
JUST IN: President Trump says unfrozen Iranian funds will be used to buy US food and medical supplies.@BRICSNews
JFeed
· Jun 23, 2026
Donald Trump Thinks Iran Will Buy Soybeans. Tehran Has Other Plans.
Trump says Iran's unfrozen assets will buy American food. Tehran says otherwise. The regime that funds Hezbollah doesn't do soybeans.
Libertarian Institute
· Jun 23, 2026
Trump Claims Unfrozen Iranian Funds Will Be Placed in Escrow Account Controlled By US
President Donald Trump said that any Iranian funds that are unfrozen by a peace agreement will be controlled by the US and limited to purchasing humanitarian goods for Iran. “The Money and/or Sanctions that the U.S. Treasury is releasing goes into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A., and will be used for the purchase of food []
Middle East Eye
· Jun 26, 2026
Trump says released Iran funds to be spent on US crops
Trump says released Iran funds to be spent on US crops US President Donald Trump said unfrozen Iranian assets will be used to purchase American agricultural products, including wheat, soybeans and corn, under the framework of the recent agreement with Tehran. We're going to be taking some of their money, Trump said during an event with US farmers. And we'll spend it, and we're going to be buying wheat, soy beans and corn – a lot of it. And that process is going to be starting pretty soon. It's going to be pretty big, too. Iranian officials have previously disputed that Tehran is obligated to use the released funds to buy US products.
teleSUR English
· Jun 23, 2026
Iran and U.S. Settle Deal for Oil Exports and Hormuz Transit
Iranian Parliament Speaker Muhammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced on Monday a bilateral agreement with the United States, brokered in Switzerland and mediated by Islamabad, securing the phased release of 12 billion in frozen Iranian assets and a 60-day U.S. sanctions waiver on crude oil exports, in exchange for Tehran’s commitment to ensure open transit through the []
NDTV
· Jun 23, 2026
Trump Says Unfrozen Iran Funds To Go Into Escrow Account Controlled By US
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that any Iranian funds unfrozen through sanctions relief or released by the US Treasury would go into a Washington-controlled escrow account, which Tehran could...
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Related coverage for "Most of Iran’s Frozen Asset Funds Will Go Toward US Food and Medicine Purchases Under Agreement": BRICS News — JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump says unfrozen Iranian funds will be used to buy US food and medi [...]. JFeed — Donald Trump Thinks Iran Will Buy Soybeans. Tehran Has Other Plans.. Libertarian Institute — Trump Claims Unfrozen Iranian Funds Will Be Placed in Escrow Account Controlled By US. Middle East Eye — Trump says released Iran funds to be spent on US crops. teleSUR English — Iran and U.S. Settle Deal for Oil Exports and Hormuz Transit. NDTV — Trump Says Unfrozen Iran Funds To Go Into Escrow Account Controlled By US