“None of this money is ever going to touch Iran,” a senior US official told The Post.

Instead, officials say, the funds would function more like an escrow account, with payments sent directly to approved vendors supplying humanitarian goods rather than to the Iranian regime itself.

Conflicting Claims:

The two sides heavily dispute the timeline and freedom of access to the funds. While Washington says money is conditional and tightly controlled, Iranian officials have publicly claimed they are entitled to billions in unrestricted assets without such rigorous constraints.