$6B frozen assets in Qatar will be released as part of preliminary deal with US: Iran's Pezeshkian

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the $6 billion frozen assets in Qatar will be returned to Tehran as part of a preliminary deal between Iran and the US.

“With the start of the negotiations from today, the $6 billion we have in Qatar will also be unfrozen and returned to our country,” Pezeshkian said in statements carried by the state broadcaster IRIB on Sunday.

“What is certain is that we will never give up our right to enrich uranium, and the other side will be forced to accept it,” he added.

Addressing Washington’s concerns over Iran’s nuclear programme, Pezeshkian said Iran “has no intention” of developing nuclear weapons.