Iran’s foreign minister suggests Trump administration to free blocked funds as first confidence-building step

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi suggested that the United States could free blocked Iranian funds as a first confidence-building step.

News ID: 5898

Date: 31 January 2025 - 22:28

TABNAK, Jan 31: His remarks came after some news analysis said that US President Donald Trump has softened its stance towards Iran and expressed interest in reaching a deal with Iran over its nuclear program.

"Iranian assets and funds have been frozen at various points by the U.S (which) has not fulfilled its previous pledges (to free them). These things can be done by the U.S. administration in order to bring confidence between us," Araqchi said in an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Friday.

He further reiterated that Iran would respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an "all-out war in the region."

Israel and the U.S. launching a military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be "one of the biggest historical mistakes the U.S. could make," Abbas Araqchi said.

In 2018, then-President Trump unilaterally dropped out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and a group of world powers and re-imposed harsh U.S. sanctions as part of his cruel "maximum pressure" policy against the country.