Iran’s missiles were not in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the US and “will never be,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said at a joint news conference with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Iran will never negotiate its defense capabilities with any country and strongly believes that regional peace and stability can only be achieved through honest discussions and intraregional cooperation, Pezeshkian added.
Earlier, an Iranian envoy said that Tehran alone will decide how to use assets unfrozen under a deal with the United States, denying that Washington would have any control over the funds or that they must be used to buy US commodities.
The US waived sanctions on Iran for 60 days starting Monday after talks in Switzerland aimed at turning an interim deal into a lasting peace agreement. Frozen Iranian assets worth about $12 billion are expected to be released under the initial accord.
Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that the US and Qatar would have control over the funds once they are unfrozen, and that the money could be spent on US corn, soy, and wheat.
Ali Bahreini, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, said on Tuesday the two sides had held “very good talks” but challenged Vance’s statement on the use of the assets.
