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TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan on Tuesday to display its independence from Washington by releasing Tehran’s frozen assets amid US sanctions — and then said the only blocked Iranian funds were being held in South Korea.
“Japan should act independently from the US by releasing our blocked funds,” Raisi said when asked by a Japanese reporter about $1.5 billion of blocked funds in Japan.
He then appeared to contradict himself.
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