▲ Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Khanani
The Iranian Foreign Ministry argued that while evaluating some of the Korean government's response to President Yoon Seok-yeol's remarks that "the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is Iran," the measures were not sufficient.
According to the state-run IRNA news agency on the 23rd (local time), Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Khanani said at a regular press conference that day, "In Tehran and Seoul, we conveyed our serious position." "he said.
Still, he added, "From our point of view, [the South Korean government's] action was not enough."
This is the first Iranian reaction after the two countries 'confronted' the ambassadors in relation to President Yoon's remarks.
Spokesman Kanani's remarks were made in the process of answering a reporter's question about the Iranian Foreign Ministry's response to diplomatic issues, such as the Iraq-China issue and the South Korean president's remarks, which recently referred to the Persian Gulf as the "Arabian Gulf." came out of
Spokesman Kanani conveyed a timely and sincere Iranian position to the South Korean and Chinese governments. do,” he stressed.
On this day, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs repeatedly urged the Korean government to fulfill its promise to return frozen funds.
At a press conference, spokesman Kanani said, "I am not satisfied with the Korean government's efforts to resolve the frozen funds issue. Iranian funds in Korea must be returned regardless of other pending issues between the two countries."
In Korea, about 7 billion dollars of Iranian funds are currently frozen in won.
As the US government withdrew from the 2018 Iran nuclear agreement (JCPOA, Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action) and restored sanctions against Iran, Iran's oil sales account was frozen, which is known to be the largest of Iran's overseas frozen assets.