US Agrees to Release Frozen Iranian Assets in Iraq

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council during a meeting in Tehran.
Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council during a meeting in Tehran.
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US Agrees to Release Frozen Iranian Assets in Iraq

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council during a meeting in Tehran.
Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council during a meeting in Tehran.

Secretary-General of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Hamid Hosseini revealed on Friday that the US has agreed to release frozen Iranian assets in Iraq.

"After the recent visit of the Iraqi Foreign Minister to Iran, the issue of releasing Iranian resources came to an end and Iraqi officials announced that some of these resources were released through various banks."

In remarks on Twitter, he cited Iraqi sources to confirm that Washington had agreed to release Iranian resources at the Trade Bank of Iraq.

"Several transactions have taken place," according to Hosseini.

Earlier, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein informed secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhan that efforts were being exerted to repay debts to Iran "soon."

Last month, Iran also held talks to release its frozen assets in South Korea and Japan.

South Korea and Iran have agreed a way forward that could see billions of dollars of frozen oil money unblocked, amounting to $7 billion. However, Seoul said it was seeking Washington's green light.



Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Sending Delegation to London Talks on Settling War

20 April 2025, Ukraine, Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wearing a traditional embroidered shirt known as a vyshyvanka, addresses the nation in front of St. Sophia Cathedral on Easter Sunday. (Ukraine Presidency/dpa)
20 April 2025, Ukraine, Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wearing a traditional embroidered shirt known as a vyshyvanka, addresses the nation in front of St. Sophia Cathedral on Easter Sunday. (Ukraine Presidency/dpa)
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Zelenskiy Says Ukraine Sending Delegation to London Talks on Settling War

20 April 2025, Ukraine, Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wearing a traditional embroidered shirt known as a vyshyvanka, addresses the nation in front of St. Sophia Cathedral on Easter Sunday. (Ukraine Presidency/dpa)
20 April 2025, Ukraine, Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wearing a traditional embroidered shirt known as a vyshyvanka, addresses the nation in front of St. Sophia Cathedral on Easter Sunday. (Ukraine Presidency/dpa)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv was sending a delegation to talks in London on Wednesday with Western countries on finding a resolution to the more than three-year-old war with Russia.

"We are ready to move forward as constructively as possible, just as we have done before, to achieve an unconditional ceasefire, followed by the establishment of a real and lasting peace," Zelenskiy wrote on the X social media platform.

Zelenskiy said a 30-hour Easter truce proclaimed by Russia, which each side accused the other of violating, showed that it was Russia's actions "that are prolonging the war".

He also said he had a "good and detailed conversation" with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.