Tasnim � A portion of Iran�s frozen financial assets will likely be freed for the purchase of medicine and basic commodities, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran said.

In comments on the sidelines of a Wednesday session of the Cabinet, Abdolnaser Hemmati raised the possibility that a part of the country�s frozen assets will be unblocked following the efforts made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Central Bank of Iran.

�Those assets had been frozen in other counties under pressure from the US government. According to the news we have received, these resources will probably be unfrozen,� Hemmati added.

He also expressed hope that the freed assets could be used to purchase basic commodities, medicine, medical equipment and the pressing needs of people.

�We have assigned the Central Bank experts to make sure that the resources being freed gradually will be spent on public welfare,� the CBI governor said.

In the cabinet session in the morning, President Hassan Rouhani said a plan would be under debate in the United Nations Security Council for lifting all of the sanctions against Iran because of the coronavirus outbreak.

�We are also trying to have our blocked money unfrozen,� Rouhani said.