Qatar’s fear factor: 'spooked' ally pressures Trump admin to greenlight $6 billion payout to Tehran?

Iran has claimed its first major economic victory from the emerging U.S.-Iran agreement after President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed that $6 billion in Iranian funds held in Qatar is set to be released. Tehran says the move is only the beginning, with officials seeking access to at least $24 billion in additional frozen assets and potentially much more worldwide. The announcement came as new diplomatic meetings opened at Switzerland’s Bürgenstock resort involving Iran, Pakistan, Qatar and the United States. Is this the first real dividend of Trump’s Iran peace deal, or only the opening chapter?