US President Donald Trump has said that any Iranian funds released under recent agreements will ultimately be used to purchase food from the United States, benefiting American farmers.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said: “All that money’s coming back in the form of purchases of food, which they desperately need.”
He added that Iran’s population required significant food imports and argued that the funds being unfrozen would effectively return to the United States through agricultural exports. “The money that we lift is going to go to our farmers,” he said.
However, Iran’s central bank governor offered a different interpretation, saying Tehran is not obligated under existing agreements to purchase agricultural products or inputs from the United States.
According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the official stated that no such requirement exists within the current arrangements, highlighting a difference in how the two sides are presenting the terms of the agreement.
