{"id":248882,"date":"2021-10-12T13:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=248882"},"modified":"2023-02-02T00:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T23:01:33","slug":"releasing-irans-frozen-assets-would-it-improve-the-peoples-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/releasing-irans-frozen-assets-would-it-improve-the-peoples-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Releasing Iran\u2019s Frozen Assets: Would It Improve the People\u2019s Lives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"New-Project-min\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-248883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Project-min.jpg\" alt=\"New-Project-min\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Project-min.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Project-min-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Project-min-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Project-min-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/New-Project-min-696x348.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Iran\u2019s frozen assessment in different countries has been a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/middle-east\/2021\/03\/07\/Iran-says-US-approved-release-of-frozen-Iranian-assets-in-Iraq\" rel=\"noopener\">controversial<\/a> topic in recent days. The Iranian regime has been pressuring countries to release its frozen money so it could use it. But would this money help the Iranian people or be spent on the regime\u2019s malign activities?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There are many speculations about the amount of Tehran\u2019s frozen money. This amount ranges anywhere from $20 billion to $180 billion. In recent weeks, the Iranian regime increased its pressure on South Korea to deblock over $7 billion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The South Korean government has refused to give any cash to the Iranian regime, citing the U.S. sanctions on Tehran\u2019s oil export. This has been a similar case with China, Japan, and India. The majority of the Iranian regime\u2019s oil export is to these four countries that currently refuse to give any.\u00a0Unlike what Tehran tries to sell to the world community, the regime is allowed to use this amount of money to procure vaccines and address Iran\u2019s Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition, Iran\u2019s Covid-19 death toll surpassed 453,900 on Monday. Even the regime\u2019s engineered death toll of 122,868 on Monday confirms that Iran is going through its darkest days of the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe are still witnessing a fragile situation regarding the coronavirus in [Ardabil] province. The virus continues to spread in various parts of this province. These fragile circumstances, if left unattended, can lead to a new wave of this illness and an increase in the number of new cases,\u201d said the dean of Ardabil Medical Sciences University on Monday, according to the state-run Tasnim News Agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Also read:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/decrease-of-oil-production-and-revenues-a-crushing-blow-to-irans-regime-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Decrease of Oil Production and Revenues: A Crushing Blow to Iran\u2019s Regime Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/as-coronavirus-rages-iran-neglects-the-people-to-finance-drones-for-terrorist-proxies\/\" rel=\"noopener\">As Coronavirus Rages, Iran Neglects the People to Finance Drones for Terrorist Proxies<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-regime-will-surely-misuse-any-funding-granted-to-it-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran\u2019s Regime Will Surely Misuse Any Funding Granted to It During the Coronavirus Pandemic<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u202fThe Iranian regime could have prevented the current Covid-19 crisis by using credible vaccines. But the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has effectively <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/01\/08\/iran-khamenei-bans-us-uk-coronavirus-vaccines\/\" rel=\"noopener\">banned<\/a> credible WHO-approved vaccines from the US and UK since January 8, 2021. But still, the regime is able to use its frozen money to procure vaccines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cGiven the Japanese government\u2019s cooperation and since we can now import vaccines, importing vaccines from Japan using Iran\u2019s blocked currencies can be a very desirable option in the current situation,\u201d Bahram Shakuri, a member of Iran\u2019s Chamber of Commerce and the Chairman of the Iran-Japan Joint Economic Committee, announced on August 24.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While facts and figures underline those sanctions do not prevent the regime from addressing Iran\u2019s Covid-19 crisis, it should be noted that sanctions are merely imposed due to the regime\u2019s malign activities. By stopping its nuclear program or support of terrorism, sanctions would be lifted rapidly. Yet, the regime would not stop its regional adventurism and clandestine nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cMost of the sanctions are imposed due to the [system&#8217;s] ideology, and naturally standing up for the ideology will incur costs. But our discussion is not about why and how the sanctions are imposed. The question is that why do we refuse to take safe paths against sanctions and impose a lot of economic costs on the country?\u201d\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/is-there-a-solution-to-irans-economic-crisis\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fthe state-run\u00a0Eghtesad-e\u00a0Pouya\u00a0daily on October 4 in this regard.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The regime needs a flow of cash to fund its terrorist proxy groups such as Hezbollah and Houthis. According to an exclusive\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Outlaw-Regime-2020-A-Chronicle-of-Irans-Destabilizing-Activity.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">report<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fpublished by the U.S. State Department in 2020, the Iranian regime \u201cpays as much as $700 million in funds annually\u201d to Hezbollah, besides being \u201cone of the primary suppliers of Hizballah\u2019s military technology.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This fact was recently\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-the-role-of-drones-in-the-quds-forces-incitement-of-regional-war-and-terrorism\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">confirmed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fin the Iranian Resistance\u2019s latest revelations about Tehran\u2019s massive UAV program on October 6. According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/the-national-council-resistance-iran-ncri\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI<\/a>): \u201cIn 2003, seven members of the Lebanese Hezbollah received training for the first time on the Mohajer-4 aircraft at the Quds Air Industries, which produces UAVs. Subsequently, the regime sent several of these aircraft to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Due to the importance of using UAVs for terrorist acts, in 2006, Imad Mughniyeh visited Sepehr\u00a0Airport during a visit to Tehran to see how UAVs were launched from vehicles.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As a part of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, billions of dollars were released to the regime, but the Iranian people\u2019s living conditions did not change, and in fact, major Iran protests erupted in 2018 due to economic crises. The regime used every penny it had received through the nuclear deal to fund terrorism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The western governments\u2019 negligence to address Tehran\u2019s malign activities only resulted in Tehran advancing its nuclear program and expanding its missiles and UAV programs. Meanwhile, over 80 percent of Iranians live under the poverty line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the Iranian Resistance has stated, \u201cNone of the sanctions against the regime should be lifted until it has stopped all its rogue behavior and intransigence in the region and its repression of the Iranian people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&rsquo;s frozen assessment in different countries has been a controversial topic in recent days. 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