Key facts
- Iran rejects using its assets to pay damages to U.S. allies.
- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister stated regional governments are not in a position to demand reparations.
- Iranian assets are neither war spoils for Washington nor a payment fund for its allies.
- Iran warned any seizure or allocation without government consent would be a wrongful act.
- Iran stated it would prompt an appropriate response to any unauthorized seizure of its assets.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has rejected the notion that its assets could be used to compensate U.S. allies for damages. Gharibabadi asserted that regional governments are not in a position to demand reparations and that Iran's frozen assets are not available as war spoils for Washington or as a fund for its allies. He further stated that any attempt to seize or allocate Iranian assets without the government's explicit consent would be considered a wrongful act. Gharibabadi warned that such actions would elicit an appropriate response from Iran.