Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, says that “Iran’s assets are neither war spoils for Washington nor a payment fund for its allies”.

Responding to the media reports of the US, trying to make Iran’s assets accessible for the reconstruction of alleged damages inflicted on some of its regional allies, Gharibabdi said on X, “If Washington, as the primary aggressor in the military aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, is truly seeking to compensate for damages, it should not get the address wrong: it should start with America itself and with the regime that is the main source of arson, aggression, and instability in the region.”

“Iran’s assets are neither war spoils for Washington nor a payment fund for its allies,” he said, warning, “Any seizure, transfer, or allocation of Iran’s property without the consent of the Iranian government is itself a new internationally wrongful act, giving rise to the responsibility of the United States—especially under conditions where it claims to seek negotiation and understanding—and will also prompt an appropriate response from Iran.