U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance told CBS on Monday that sanctions relief for Iran is conditioned on Tehran abandoning its nuclear program and ending its funding of terrorist activities across the Middle East, according to a report cited by Israeli media.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance articulated the Trump administration's formal conditions for sanctions relief on Iran during an interview with CBS on Monday, as reported by an Israeli media source. Vance stated that any easing of economic pressure requires Tehran to abandon its nuclear program and cease funding terrorist activities in the Middle East. The remarks refine the administration's public posture as nuclear talks advance. As The Zioneer has reported (Monday 17:21 Jerusalem), Vance had earlier said the U.S. had reached "that point" where it could fundamentally reshape relations with Iran and ensure it does not obtain a nuclear weapon. The latest interview appears to define what the administration believes a final deal must contain, rather than the framework's timeline, which Vance has previously described as anywhere from "next week" to "months." The conditions set out on Monday align with earlier U.S. assertions that any sanctions relief is "performance-based" (The Zioneer, June 12) and involve no upfront cash (The Zioneer, June 12). The specific demand to cease terror funding extends the administration's public criteria beyond the nuclear file.
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