The United States and Iran reached a preliminary agreement to release $3 billion of Iranian frozen assets, Saudi news outlet Al-Hadath reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the technical talks that started today in Doha, Qatar. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei previously said that the two countries will be discussing the implementation of the memorandum of understanding during the indirect talks in Doha, including the frozen funds, after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed that it was agreed that Qatar will release $6 billion out of the $12 billion in Iranian assets frozen in Qatar.