Iran claims that no restrictions will be imposed on frozen assets released to Tehran, an assertion at odds with statements by U.S. officials.
in exchange for the Iranian regime gaining access to billions of dollars.
"We're not changing the rules. We are simply moving the account to a country which will have a system that Iran will be able to access the funds — their funds — for the same purposes that they were able to access those funds under the Trump administration," Kirby said."The money is only earmarked for humanitarian purposes. The same oversight is going to be applied in this account as was applied in previous accounts.
"We have very good reason to demand that if we're going to agree to a process of Americans coming home, we're not going to have our people sitting in Evin Prison over that period," the source said. A source familiar with the deal told CBS News that it will be considered complete once the Americans return to U.S. soil, which could be as soon as September, though the source acknowledged the diplomacy is highly sensitive and dependent on Iran following through with its end of the process.
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