Iranian Foreign Ministry calls on US to unfreeze $ 10 billion of Iranian assets

"If Biden has a strong will to lift the sanctions, he will unfreeze $ 10 billion of Iranian assets," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He stated this at a press conference after the ministerial meeting of the neighboring countries of Afghanistan.

Earlier, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said that the American side is not going to return the funds of the Central Bank of Afghanistan to the radical Taliban * movement.

In October, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki also announced that the US government has no plans to unfreeze the assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan yet.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated 02.14.2003.