Trump administration touts Iran deal as a payday for US farmers, but Iran denies it
WASHINGTON (AP) — U. S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance say their interim deal to end the war with Iran will deliver a financial windfall to American farmers. But the Iranians deny it. And, in the absence of more details, sanctions experts are flummoxed over exactly how billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian assets would make their way to the American heartland from the escrow accounts where they’ve been locked for years by U. S. sanctions. A tentative agreement reached...
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