Ruth Sherlock
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123 recordings
4 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 1 Jul
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That was in the memorandum of understanding, this MOU signed between the U.S.
and Iran.
Iran's president has said he expects around half, six billion dollars of these frozen assets in Qatar to be released in this interim phase.
Well, the White House says President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Woodcuff have gone to Doha.
But as you say, Iran says they're not there to meet them.
Iran says this meeting is with Qatari officials on topics including the release of billions of dollars of frozen assets.
That was in the Memorandum of Understanding, this MOU signed between the US and Iran.
Iran's president has said he expects around half, six billion dollars of these frozen assets in Qatar to be released in this interim phase.
You know, underpinning the hurry here is this fundamental lack of trust on both sides.
But the Iranians in particular are worried that with all the back and forth and failed previous talks, the Trump administration would renege on its commitments.
And, you know, as you mentioned, it's not been going well recently.
The Iranians are also furious about a separate deal the U.S.
brokered between Israel and Lebanon.
So let's talk more about that deal.
What are the Iranians unhappy with?
Well, Israel is fighting Hezbollah, the militia in Lebanon, which is heavily supported by Iran.
And the deal says Hezbollah would be disarmed.
And crucially, it makes Israel's full withdrawal from the large amounts of land it's occupying now
Here, actually conditional on Hezbollah first disarming, Hezbollah was never part of the agreement and has outright rejected it, calling it a surrender of sovereignty.
And this, though, has also been widely criticized by independent experts who say the problem here is the Lebanese army who would disarm Hezbollah is quite weak and is simply unable to do this.
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