Ghalibaf details $12bn Iranian assets with unrestricted central bank access

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz on Tuesday praised Ellie Cohanim after she was appointed as a senior policy adviser at the US mission to the United Nations. Cohanim, an Iranian-American diplomat, was named to the role at USUN, according to the announcement.

"Few know the Iranian regime like Ellie. Born in Tehran, raised in Queens-just like President Trump-she’s a fighter. For America. Against antisemitism. For our freedom. Glad to have her in the fight," Waltz posted on X.

Iran’s parliament media center said on Tuesday that parts of an interview with Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf were cut from the state TV broadcast.

It said the omitted segments included remarks on claims about an International Atomic Energy Agency inspection, efforts to secure the release of frozen assets, and a $300 billion reconstruction credit included in a memorandum of understanding.

The cut material also included comments addressing what it described as “misinformation” by US President Donald Trump, as well as the “strategic message” of Iran’s Supreme Leader delivered on June 18.

The spokesperson for the funeral committee said on Tuesday the bodies of the Ali Khamenei and his family members have not been buried or laid to rest, and have been preserved under “religious and legal standards.”

“For the first time we announce that the pure body of our martyred Imam and his family members, with full respect and care, have been preserved in accordance with Sharia and legal standards,” Iman Attarzadeh said, adding that the bodies have neither been buried nor formally entrusted elsewhere.

“Rumors circulating on social media that the body of the martyred leader of the revolution was buried at the shrine of Masumeh in Qom are completely false and have no validity,” Attarzadeh posted on X.

Qatar says it will continue its mediation efforts in US-Iran talks and support all tracks stemming from the memorandum of understanding between the two countries, according to its foreign ministry.

The remarks were made by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani during a meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, where they discussed developments in the ongoing talks.

“One of the things that I find both interesting and frustrating about the Iranians is they’ll say no, there’s no peace talks going on, but then there’s technical negotiations going on between Washington and Tehran about a peace deal,” US Vice President JD Vance told the Michael Knowles Show on Tuesday.

“It’s a negotiating tactic or Persian trick that I don’t understand,” he added.

Vance said negotiations with Iran still had “a lot more game to play,” adding that President Donald Trump was “constantly trying to figure out how to gain an edge for the American people.”