Iran Refuses to Use Frozen Assets to Compensate US Allies for War Damages

💰 DEAL TERMS — The asset freeze was the prize. Now Tehran says it's not paying damages either. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Washington's MOU framework assumed frozen assets could offset Gulf reconstruction costs. Tehran just killed that. With no asset release and no compensation mechanism, US allies absorbing Iranian strike damage—Bahrain, Kuwait—have no financial recovery path. Araghchi's negotiating hand shrinks; so does Witkoff's ability to sell any deal domestically.