TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary-General of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Seyed Hamid Hosseini said that $3bln of Iran’s frozen assets in Iraq, Oman and South Korea will be released.
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“The US has agreed with releasing $3bln of Iran’s resources in South Korea, Oman and Iraq,” Hosseini told FNA on Sunday.
He added that a senior advisor to the Iraqi prime minister has also confirmed that some parts of Iran’s blocked assets in Iraq will be released and used to send humanitarian goods to Iran
“Recently, a shipment of corn entered Iran from Iraq which is the result of the release of these resources,” Hosseini said.
Hosseini had also on Saturday wrote on his twitter page that that according to some Iraqi sources Baghdad is going to unblock Iranian revenues.
“Reliable sources in Iraq suggest that the US has agreed to release Iranian resources at the Trade Bank of Iraq,” he said, adding that they have announced that several transactions have been made on the issue.
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