{"id":4554,"date":"2026-06-23T19:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/06\/23\/who-would-pay-for-trumps-proposed-300-billion-iran-reconstruction-fund\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:15:48","slug":"who-would-pay-for-trumps-proposed-300-billion-iran-reconstruction-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=4554","title":{"rendered":"Who would pay for Trump&#8217;s proposed $300 billion Iran reconstruction fund?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"slug-wrap\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/middle-east\/\">Middle East<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"storytitle\">\n<h1>Who would pay for Trump&#8217;s proposed $300 billion Iran reconstruction fund?<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"STORYTITLE\" --><\/p>\n<div id=\"story-meta\" class=\"story-meta has-byline\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one\">\n<div 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      <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5863544\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/19\/nx-s1-5863544\/trump-us-iran-agreement\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/19\/nx-s1-5863544\/trump-us-iran-agreement\"}'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1700x1700+425+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F8c%2Fd96993a14ff0ba8593854152e405%2Fap26169532347231.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1700x1700+425+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F8c%2Fd96993a14ff0ba8593854152e405%2Fap26169532347231.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1700x1700+425+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F8c%2Fd96993a14ff0ba8593854152e405%2Fap26169532347231.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"In this photo provided by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian displays a memorandum of understanding signed with U.S. President Trump aimed at ending the war and launching negotiations on a broader agreement, in Tehran, Iran, early Thursday.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>         <\/p>\n<div class=\"bucketblock\">\n<h3 class=\"slug\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/series\/1205445976\/middle-east-crisis\">Middle East conflict <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/19\/nx-s1-5863544\/trump-us-iran-agreement\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"recirculation\",\"action\":\"story_recirculation_click\",\"clickType\":\"inset box\",\"clickUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/19\/nx-s1-5863544\/trump-us-iran-agreement\"}'>What you need to know about the preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement signed by Trump<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5866577-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>A proposed $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran is a key provision in the Trump administration&#8217;s preliminary agreement with Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Sullivan, who served as national security adviser to President Joe Biden, told <em>Morning Edition <\/em>that the fund would be backed by outside investment rather than direct U.S. payments, though he said major questions remain about where the money would come from, calling the whole approach &#8220;something entirely new.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan explained that the memorandum does not explicitly rule out U.S. participation in the fund. While President Trump has said American taxpayers would not pay for it, Sullivan said Iran is expecting $300 billion from outside sources and that the United States has committed to helping secure it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is something that never happened in the Obama-era deal,&#8221; Sullivan told NPR&#8217;s Michel Martin.<\/p>\n<p>The comparison is to the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Under that deal, the United States did not provide Iran with American money. Instead, sanctions were lifted after Iran complied with nuclear restrictions, allowing Tehran to access its own frozen assets held overseas and resume oil sales.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan also said that the preliminary memorandum of understanding lacks several of the safeguards included in the 2015 nuclear deal. Unlike the 159-page JCPOA, he noted, the two-page document does not require Iran to reduce or cap its nuclear activities, allows Tehran to keep its enriched uranium stockpile in the country and leaves key inspection and verification measures to future negotiations. Under the Obama-era agreement, 97% of Iran&#8217;s enriched uranium was shipped abroad and international inspectors were granted extensive access to nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to the full interview by clicking on the blue play button above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The digital version of this interview was edited by Treye Green.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"tag tag--story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/tags\/126916110\/iran\">Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"tag tag--story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/tags\/428799323\/trump\">trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"tag tag--story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/tags\/125937412\/obama\">Obama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"tag tag--story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/tags\/g-s1-112089\/u-s-war-in-iran\">U.S. war in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"TAGS\" --><\/p>\n<div class=\"share-tools share-tools--secondary\" aria-label=\"Share tools\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--facebook\"><button class=\"fbStorynx-s1-5866577\" data-share-facebook='{\"storyId\": \"nx-s1-5866577\" }' data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"share\",\"action\":\"share\",\"clickName\":\"facebook\"}'><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Facebook<\/b><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--flipboard\"><button class=\"storynx-s1-5866577\" data-share-flipboard='{\"storyId\": \"nx-s1-5866577\" }' data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"share\",\"action\":\"share\",\"clickName\":\"flipboard\"}'><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Flipboard<\/b><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--email\"><button class=\"share-tools__email-link\" data-story-id=\"nx-s1-5866577\" data-metrics-ga4='{\"category\":\"share\",\"action\":\"share\",\"clickName\":\"email\"}'><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Email<\/b><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"SHARE-TOOLS SHARE-TOOLS-SECONDARY\" ARIA-LABEL=\"SHARE TOOLS\" --><br \/>\n<!-- END ID=\"NEWSLETTER-ACQUISITION-CALLOUT-DATA\" DATA-NEWSLETTER=\"{&amp;QUOT;NEWSLETTERID&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;NEWS&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;TITLE&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;UP FIRST&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;MARKETINGHEADER&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;SIGN UP FOR NPR&#039;S UP FIRST NEWSLETTER&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;FREQUENCY&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;EVERY DAY&amp;QUOT;,&amp;QUOT;SHORTDESCRIPTION&amp;QUOT;:&amp;QUOT;THE STORIES YOU NEED TO START YOUR DAY, HAND-PICKED FOR YOU EVERY WEEKDAY. 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