Trump open to Iran sanctions relief for ‘concrete progress’ on nuclear issues, White House official says
A U.S. official said sanctions relief and frozen funds could follow concrete nuclear progress as both sides remain split on sequencing.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signaled openness to providing Iran sanctions relief and releasing frozen funds for "concrete progress" on nuclear negotiations, a US official told CNN.
- Trump rejected Tehran's Saturday proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, dismissing the offer as "a pretty cynical attempt" to secure terms he deemed unacceptable.
- United Nations Ambassador Mike Waltz told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that Iran demanded concessions upfront, while the administration remains skeptical due to prior violations of the US-Iran memorandum.
- Special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Vice President Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are leading the United States' team in "positive and constructive discussions through the mediators."
- Although Trump expects more talks this week, officials emphasized no deal will occur unless Tehran addresses specific nuclear issues, as both sides remain divided on commitment timing.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is open to sanctions relief against Iran and the unfreezing of Iranian assets if Washington and Tehran are advanced on the issue of a nuclear deal, reporting to CNN with reference to an unnamed White House representative. "President Trump wants to ease Iranian sanctions and unfreeze frozen assets for "specific progress" on a nuclear deal," he said.
Washington engaging through mediators, conditions any possible deal on resolving nuclear-related issues, according to American media
Trump willing to bend on Iran sanctions if progress made on nuclear issues, official tells ‘Post'
A US official told The Jerusalem Post on Monday that US President Donald Trump is willing to offer Iran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds in exchange for progress on nuclear issues.
Future oil contracts have moved away from the peaks of the day and, for a short time, have come to fall, with market participants attentive to the unfoldings of the war in Iran. The brief relief in commodity prices occurred after the American television network CNN affirms that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, plans to slow down sanctions on Iran and release frozen resources in exchange for a concrete progress around a nuclear a…
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