Araghchi: 1st Installment Of Blocked Asset Deposited To Swiss Bank Account

Tehran, Feb 2, IRNA – Senior member of Iran nuclear negotiation team Abbass Araghchi says the first installment of Iran’s blocked assets was deposited in related account in Switzerland. Araghchi told IRNA that the first installment of the $4.2 billion blocked oil incomes was deposited in a bank account in Switzerland on February 1. “As far as I know all necessary measures have been taken and transfers are underway. However, due to weekend holidays in Europe, the banking operations for transfer of the cash to Central Bank of Iran account will be conducted on Monday. So in our opinion there is no special problem.”/end