President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States intends to use a portion of Iran’s frozen assets to purchase American agricultural products for delivery to the Islamic Republic, describing the move as part of ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran.

Speaking at the White House, Trump expressed confidence that Iran is eager to reach an agreement with the United States while pointing to increased oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

“Iran wants to make a deal with us very badly. We probably will. But the Strait is open. Yesterday they took out 19 million barrels of oil, that’s the most in the history of Strait.”

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The President said recent U.S. military actions had strengthened America’s negotiating position and reiterated that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remains non-negotiable.

“We knocked the …. out of them, and now we’re negotiating from a position of pure strength, pure strength. They know that…but we had to do that. We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon,” Trump added.

Trump also claimed Iran is struggling with food shortages and said Washington plans to redirect some of Tehran’s frozen funds toward purchasing American-grown wheat, soybeans, and corn.

“We have a new market coming up, and that’s called the lovely country of Iran,” Trump said, adding, “It’s a beautiful place. Would anybody like to go there? The Islamic Republic of Iran.”

He continued by outlining what he described as a major agricultural initiative.

“They’re having a hard time with food, and we’re going to be taking some of their money and we’ll spend it, and we’re going to be buying wheat, soybeans and corn, a lot of it, and that process is going to be starting soon. It’s going to be pretty big,” he continued.

Iran quickly pushed back against Trump’s remarks. Just hours later, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who headed Tehran’s delegation during recent talks with the United States, denied that any unfrozen Iranian assets would be used to purchase American goods.

“America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we’re harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It’s organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks,” Ghalibaf wrote on social media.

The exchange comes as the United States and Iran continue negotiations aimed at reaching a permanent agreement after recently signing a Memorandum of Understanding that brought an end to the war between the two countries.

On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio underscored that the Trump administration expects Iran to fully honor the commitments it made during negotiations in Switzerland.

“We expect them to live up to the commitments they made in Switzerland,” he told reporters. “If they don’t live up to those commitments, the President has a lot of options at his disposal, including, I’m not saying he’s going to do it, I’m saying including reversing these sanctions.”

Rubio stressed that Tehran had made clear promises during the negotiations and said the administration expects those commitments to be fulfilled.

“They’ve made very straight-up commitments in Switzerland, and the President has been very clear they need to keep those commitments.”

He also emphasized that any lasting agreement must be meaningful and enforceable.

“If we’re going to get a deal, it has to be a real deal, and it has to be a good deal,” he said. “If Iran wants to make a good and real deal, the United States is open to that. If they’re not, then, of course, the President has options.”

A day before his latest remarks, Trump cautioned that the United States could rapidly resume military operations against Iran if its leaders failed to act responsibly following the recent agreement.

“Iran has been great – IF Iran is reasonable, IF they’re smart. Otherwise, we’ll have to finish the job,” Trump said at a rally in Pennsylvania.

He added, “As you know, we just achieved a historic peace agreement with Iran to end the conflict… and most importantly, we are ensuring one thing very importantly- because this is why I did it… Iran will NEVER have a nuclear weapon, and they’ve agreed to that.”

{Matzav.com}