This is insane. AFTER the IAEA verified Iran's compliance and 97% of its enriched uranium stockpile was shipped out, Obama's JCPOA unfroze ~$100B in Iran's own frozen assets abroad.
What JD Vance is discussing now is a separate proposed $300B "reconstruction/investment fund" — so not just sanctions relief, not just unfrozen assets, but NEW international money for postwar rebuilding. This is a disaster.
CBS: The Iranians are saying they're gonna have access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund. True or false?
JD VANCE: That's the sort of things they could have access to so long as they honor their end of the obligation