06/24/2026
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Secretary Scott Bessent appeared in a television interview to address a question Americans skeptical of the Iran framework have been asking: where does Iranโs money actually go?
His answer, upfront: โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ.โ Any released Iranian frozen funds go first to benefit the ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐, not the regime. The initial release will likely flow from Qatar, and U.S. Treasury personnel will be ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ก๐ โ watching every dollar of allocation in real time.
A very large percent of the funds will go to purchase U.S. foodstuffs and medicines. Bessentโs words: โ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐.๐. ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต.โ
Critics of the Iran deal have raised legitimate questions about diversion risk. Bessentโs answer is boots on the ground: American Treasury officials in Qatar, reviewing allocations as they happen. Itโs not a wire transfer and a handshake. Itโs a ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ from Iranian frozen reserves to U.S. goods heading into Iranian households.
๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ณ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐.๐. ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ.