On Thursday Trump told CNBC that, as part of any future peace deal, Iran would buy US agricultural products, saying "they need food—corn, wheat and soy—and we'll let only US farmers provide it." Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejected the claim, saying "imagine your own more than 40 million citizens are on food stamps" and that Iran will decide its own asset policy; he added "watch your malnutrition rate." USDA data show SNAP participation exceeded 42.0 m

On Thursday Trump told CNBC that, as part of any future peace deal, Iran would buy US agricultural products, saying "they need food—corn, wheat and soy—and we'll let only US farmers provide it." Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejected the claim, saying "imagine your own more than 40 million citizens are on food stamps" and that Iran will decide its own asset policy; he added "watch your malnutrition rate." USDA data show SNAP participation exceeded 42.0 million last year.