Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attacked the recent US-Iran deal to release billions of frozen dollars to Iran in exchange for a prisoner exchange between the two countries.
A statement from Netanyahu's office said that "Israel's position is well known that arrangements that do not dismantle Iran's nuclear infrastructure, stop its nuclear program, and provide funds to Tehran go in the service of Iranian-sponsored terrorism."
Iran announced earlier on Saturday that all Iranian financial assets held in South Korea had been released, in implementation of the agreement with the United States.
Iran's central bank governor Mohammad Reza Farzin said all money in euro currency would soon be deposited in six Iranian bank accounts in Qatar.
He added that Tehran will reach in the coming period another part of its frozen funds in some countries, and this will have an impact on Iranian markets and trade exchanges, he said, noting that the released funds will be used to buy goods that are not subject to sanctions.
Diplomats from Iran, the United States and five other countries are negotiating a deal to reimpose curbs on Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions reimposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump after Washington withdrew from the deal in May 5.
But negotiations to revive the 2015 agreement between world powers and Iran over its nuclear program have been stalled since August 2022.