https://sputnikglobe.com/20230919/iran-says-will-use-6bln-in-oil-revenues-based-on-countrys-needs-priorities-1113490513.html
Iran Says Will Use $6Bln in Oil Revenues Based on Country's Needs, Priorities
Iran Says Will Use $6Bln in Oil Revenues Based on Country's Needs, Priorities
Sputnik International
Tehran will use its $6 billion in oil revenues, which were unfrozen by Washington as part of a prisoner exchange deal, according to Iran's needs and priorities, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Qatar and Oman played an important role in transferring the assets to Iran.
2023-09-19T10:33+0000
2023-09-19T10:33+0000
2023-09-19T10:33+0000
world
qatar
oman
iran
oil
iran oil
https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e5/0b/11/1090793932_0:1402:2025:2541_1920x0_80_0_0_056018b9277c3baadba8cb06eaa9f650.jpg
"Through a financial and banking process that lasted several weeks, the assets were transferred to the accounts of Iranian banks in Qatar … These assets are under the control of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and will be used at the discretion of relevant Iranian authorities and based on the country's needs and priorities," the foreign ministry said in a statement. The asset freezing was particularly damaging for Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the US "ignored" the health emergency and humanitarian issues in the Islamic republic, the statement said. The Iranian ministry thanked the Qatari government "for playing an effective role in transferring the assets of Iran and exchanging the prisoners" and praised the "valuable efforts" of the Sultanate of Oman to advance the process, as well as the Swiss government's facilitation assistance. Earlier on Tuesday, White House National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said that Iran's government would not directly access the unfrozen funds issued by the US President Joe Biden's administration in the prisoner exchange as Qatar and the US would oversee disbursement. The assets will be held within the Qatar National Bank System, with the provision that Iran makes withdrawal requests specifically for humanitarian goods and agricultural products, Kirby also said. The United States and Iran released five prisoners each on Monday. This was preceded by months of secret negotiations facilitated by Oman and Qatar. All five released US citizens arrived in Qatar's capital city of Doha on a Qatari aircraft. A representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that only two former prisoners would return from the United States, while the other two would remain in the United States at their request and another one would join his family in a third country. Under the terms of the agreement, the US also released frozen Iranian funds.
https://sputnikglobe.com/20230816/iran-ramps-up-oil-gas-production-exports-as-western-sanctions-fail-1112653875.html
qatar
oman
iran
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2023
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
News
en_EN
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik International
feedback@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
iranian foreign ministry, qatar and oman, oil revenues
iranian foreign ministry, qatar and oman, oil revenues
Iran Says Will Use $6Bln in Oil Revenues Based on Country's Needs, Priorities
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Tehran will use its $6 billion in oil revenues, which were unfrozen by Washington as part of a prisoner exchange deal, according to Iran's needs and priorities, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, adding that Qatar and Oman played an important role in transferring the assets to Iran.
"Through a financial and banking process that lasted several weeks, the assets were transferred to the accounts of Iranian banks in Qatar … These assets are under the control of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and will be used at the discretion of relevant Iranian authorities and based on the country's needs and priorities," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The asset freezing was particularly damaging for Iran during the
COVID-19 pandemic, as the US "ignored" the health emergency and humanitarian issues in the Islamic republic, the statement said.
"The Iranian people will never forget that even during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the US regime, while ignoring the health emergency and humanitarian issues as well as repeated requests by the UN secretary general and human rights officials, denied Iran access to its financial resources in South Korea," according to the statement.
The Iranian ministry thanked the Qatari government "for playing an effective role in transferring the assets of Iran and exchanging the prisoners" and praised the "valuable efforts" of the Sultanate of Oman to advance the process, as well as the Swiss government's facilitation assistance.
Earlier on Tuesday, White House National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby said that Iran's government would not directly access the unfrozen funds issued by the US President Joe Biden's administration in the prisoner exchange as Qatar and the US would oversee disbursement. The assets will be held within the Qatar National Bank System, with the provision that Iran makes withdrawal requests specifically for humanitarian goods and agricultural products, Kirby also said.
16 August 2023, 19:14 GMT
The United States and Iran released five prisoners each on Monday. This was preceded by months of secret negotiations facilitated by Oman and Qatar. All five released US citizens arrived in Qatar's capital city of Doha on a Qatari aircraft. A representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that only two former prisoners would return from the United States, while the other two would remain in the United States at their request and another one would join his family in a third country. Under the terms of the agreement, the US also released frozen Iranian funds.
