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𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓: 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐎𝐇𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒 — 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄 Secretary Scott Bessent appeared in a television interview to address a question Americans skeptical of the Iran framework have been asking: where does Iran’s money actually go? His answer, upfront: “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥.” Any released Iranian frozen funds go first to benefit the 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, not the regime. The initial release will likely flow from Qatar, and U.S. Treasury personnel will be 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐚 — watching every dollar of allocation in real time. A very large percent of the funds will go to purchase U.S. foodstuffs and medicines. Bessent’s words: “𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵.” Critics of the Iran deal have raised legitimate questions about diversion risk. Bessent’s answer is boots on the ground: American Treasury officials in Qatar, reviewing allocations as they happen. It’s not a wire transfer and a handshake. It’s a 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 from Iranian frozen reserves to U.S. goods heading into Iranian households. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬.