WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States should return $2 billion in Iranian assets frozen by the US high court, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a letter to US President Barack Obama released on Monday.
"It is the clear expectation of the Iranian nation that the particular case of property seizure…be quickly fixed by your excellency," the letter said. "I passionately advise you not to let the historical defamation and bitter incident be recorded under your name."
In April, the US Supreme Court ruled that $2 billion in Iranian central bank’s US-held frozen assets should be turned over to relatives of US Marines whose barracks were bombed in Beirut by alleged Iranian radicals, as well as to victims of other crimes purportedly linked to Tehran.
In June, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif slammed the United States for what he said were repeated violations of international laws over the past years and warned that Tehran would not recognize US court decisions.
