Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 29th Jan. According to media reports on Sunday, the Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian and Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani discussed the use of Tehran’s unfrozen funds.
The report stated during a phone call between the Qatari FM Thani said the fund release process was advancing after the agreement between the central banks of Iran and Qatar.
Iran’s funds were released last year by South Korea as part of a prisoner swap agreement between Iran and the US and were transferred to 6 Iranian accounts in two Qatari banks.
US Congress has sought to block the funds because of Iran’s support for the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.
“Qatar and the US were committed to an agreement with Iran regarding the country’s use of funds worth $ 6 billion dollars, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said,” semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
Two sides also discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and stressed the necessity to end the crisis in Gaza as per a statement on the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website.
