A $24 Billion Question: Ayatollah's Advisor Sets the Price for a Peace Deal with the US
Kyiv • UNN
Tehran demands $24 billion in frozen assets from the US for peace. Iran threatens to attack American bases should hostilities resume.
A potential peace deal between the United States and Iran depends on the agreement of US President Donald Trump's administration to return $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets. This was reported by Mohsen Rezaei, military advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in an interview with CNN, according to UNN.
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According to him, the US will "enter a dark corridor" if it resumes hostilities.
The negotiations have reached a deadlock, and Trump must break this deadlock. The ball is in Trump's court
The publication notes that his remarks carry weight as he remains closely linked to Iranian security services and is considered close to the current Supreme Leader, who has not been seen in public since being wounded in an Israeli attack that killed his father on the first day of the war.
If he (Trump - ed.) wants to reach a deal with Iran, these $24 billion are a test of the trust that Iran wants to have with Trump – it is a test that America must pass, and the path will be open. This is our own money, not America's money
He warned that Tehran would "prolong the war" beyond the Persian Gulf if the US resumes the conflict, potentially expanding military operations from the Strait of Hormuz to the Indian Ocean, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.
We will give the war another dimension by attacking other American bases
He also called the current war the first victory of Iran over its enemies in the 47-year history of the Islamic Republic.
Recall
Recently, US President Donald Trump stated that he and Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, "seem to be getting along well," despite the fact that the Ayatollah has not appeared in public since the start of the US war in Iran.