US President Donald Trump said he will do what he has to if Iran does not stick to its agreement with Washington on Monday.
"If Iran doesn't live up to their agreement, or if they're not behaving, I will do what I have to do," Trump told reporters.
Trump said Iran was supposed to use the unfrozen funds to buy food exclusively from the United States, while Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency cited Iranian central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati as saying that Tehran is under no obligation to purchase agricultural inputs from the US under the current memorandum of understanding.
"All that money's coming back in the form of purchases of food which they desperately need. They have 91 million people; they can't feed them. So, the money that we lift is going to go to our farmers," Trump asserted.
Hemmati said the remaining frozen funds will not necessarily be used solely for essential goods and could be sent to purchase other non-sanctioned goods, Tasnim reported.
Trump calls himself 'problem solver' in regards to Netanyahu statement
Trump also addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement regarding the IDF remaining in Lebanon, saying the US would "take a look at it."
When asked how he would ensure Netanyahu would not sabotage the deal, Trump said: "I'm not going to tell you what I'm going to do, but it's solved."
"I'm a problem solver. I get problems solved real fast, including with Bibi," Trump added.