US does not include unfreezing of assets in initial deal with Iran

US President Donald Trump has stated that a potential agreement with Iran does not include the immediate unfreezing of Islamic Republic assets.

In an interview with NBC News, when asked about the possibility of releasing Iranian funds, he noted that this “comes after.”

“Yeah, if they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking,” he added.

Meanwhile, earlier, military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mohsen Rezaei said that a potential agreement between the United States and Iran depends on Washington’s willingness to unfreeze $24 billion in Iranian assets.

The two sides are “very close” to signing a pact, Trump said, but he is pushing for Iran to go further in abandoning its nuclear ambitions.

“We have a couple of points. They don’t even seem like big points,” he said. “They’ve conceded the fact that they will not have nuclear weapons. We had a clause in there that [they] will not develop nuclear weapons. And everybody was very happy with it except me.”