SEOUL - Iran is expected to regain its vote in the United Nations General Assembly after South Korea paid Teheran's delinquent dues to the world body with frozen Iranian funds in the country, South Korea said on Sunday .
Iran had regained its UN voting rights in June after a similar payment, but said this month it had lost them again because it could not transfer the funds to pay its dues Release of Iran's frozen funds requires the approval of the United States, which joined its European allies this week in saying only weeks remain to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Teheran has repeatedly demanded the release of about US$7 billion of its funds frozen in South Korean banks under US sanctions, saying Seoul was holding the money hostage. A South Korean finance ministry official declined to say how much Iranian frozen funds are left after the payment of UN dues, citing confidentiality laws.
straits_times How does the States of America get ANY vote when it is in ARREARS to the tune of $1 billion? But other nations in arrears are reprimanded for the Same thing.
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