- A peace agreement between the United States and Iran would be “largely negotiated”, according to Donald Trump’s statements on Truth Social, Saturday May 23.
- The agreement would include a ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and also the unfreezing of Iranian assets placed in foreign banks.
- Our journalist William de Lesseux takes stock of LCI.
Iran had made the unfreezing of its assets one of the conditions for a peace agreement. This should be included in the peace agreement.”in large partie négocié
” announced by Donald Trump on Saturday May 23, alongside a ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the implementation of which remains to be specified.
“These assets represent tens of billions of dollars around the world. And it has been a lever for the United States since 1979 in its relations with the Iranian regime […] It remains to be seen the amount or volume that will be granted, that is to say what will be thawed or not
“, specifies our journalist William de Lesseux on LCI, in a sequence to be found in the video at the top of this article.
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He emphasizes, however, that it will not be the entire 100 billion dollars in question according to our colleagues at CBS, in which case it would be a very surprising decision on the part of the Americans. “It’s a step to give a little more liquidity to the Iranian regime. We can think of the reconstruction of the country and the infrastructures destroyed in the strikes by the United States and Israel in recent weeks.
“, adds the journalist.
The risk taken into account nevertheless remains that Iran will use its thawed assets to manufacture more weapons with a view to a resumption of the conflict. On the other hand, according to Iranian state television, the nuclear issue would not be part of the memorandum of understanding. “The urgency is above all to stop the war on all fronts, including that opened by Israel in Lebanon against Hezbollah, the Shiite militia allied with Iran.
“, concludes William de Lesseux.
