Trump Fantasizes About Spending Iran's Money on American Crops — Iran Shuts It Down

26.06.2026 11:13

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US President Donald Trump claimed that Washington will use Iran's unfrozen assets to purchase American agricultural products, alleging that Iran is "having a hard time with food."

“We're going to be taking some of their money, and we'll spend it, and we're going to be buying wheat, soybeans, and corn, a lot of it,” Trump said.

However, Iran had already rejected this narrative. Iran's chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf dismissed the idea as a false American claim, highlighting the deep disconnect in US wishful thinking.

“The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown,” Ghalibaf wrote on X. “But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks,” he added.