The United States will permit Iran to sell oil as soon as a nuclear agreement is signed, AFP reported Wednesday evening. The concession appears designed to secure Tehran's final approval of the deal, which President Trump said he expects to be finalized imminently.
A source familiar with US-Iran negotiations told AFP that Washington is ready to lift oil sanctions on Tehran the moment a nuclear deal is signed — a significant economic incentive for Iran to finalize the agreement. The report comes hours after President Trump stated that the deal would be signed 'tomorrow or the next day,' as The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday. Oil-export terms have been a central sticking point in the talks; Iran had demanded immediate relief from petroleum-related sanctions as part of any accord. The AFP story is the first on-record confirmation from a US source that oil sales would resume on signing day, not after a phased verification period. It remains unclear whether the offer applies to all current Iranian crude buyers or is capped by volume. No Iranian response to the reported US position has been published yet. Separately this evening, Trump posted a threat on social media — aimed at Pakistan, North Korea, Russia and China — warning that any country selling nuclear weapons to Iran would face a US nuclear strike. The two developments underscore the high-stakes final phase of the negotiations.
2 developments
- DevelopingAnalyst: Trump's Iran deal allows oil exports without sanctions before full agreement is signed
- DevelopingOil exports resume as Iran confirms deal with the United States
- StrongTrump: Iran deal details to be published soon; no sanctions relief until Iran complies
- StrongWSJ: US-Iran deal to include immediate sanctions relief on oil and banking
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