Iranian Foreign Minister Warns Against Using Frozen Funds to Pay for Hormuz Strait Damages

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded on X to U.S. President Donald Trump's statement about using Iranian funds frozen in Washington to compensate for any damage to ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Araghchi condemned the proposal as creating a "dangerous and provocative precedent," though he did not mention Trump by name. He warned that governments normalizing asset seizures risk making no one's property safe. Araghchi added that the resulting chaos from such actions would be neither peaceful nor pleasant, cautioning those who celebrate or benefit from such funds to reconsider the broader consequences.