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Korva Coleman· Host0:15

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump is making claims about any money released to Iran under the new agreement. Writing online last hour, Trump says the funding would go exclusively toward corn, wheat, and soybeans from American farmers. Jake Sullivan is the former National Security Advisor to former President Joe Biden. Sullivan says the written memo of understanding between the US and Iran does not say that.

Jake Sullivan· Soundbite0:42

Theoretically, one could imagine a world in which some of the money goes to, to purchase American products, but that sounds more like they're putting a little bit of lipstick on a pig because what the terms of the deal actually say is that there are no restrictions on what Iran can use that money for. Uh, it could use it to buy products from elsewhere. It could use it, frankly, based on the terms of the agreement, uh, to fund its own military reconstruction, not just to buy agricultural products. So, uh, I think this is something where the Trump administration is stretching the terms of what's on paper, uh, to try to sell this to supporters at home.

Korva Coleman· Host1:18

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