Iran says US to lift oil sanctions, US says nothing agreed

Agencies | Tehran

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Iran claimed yesterday that the United States had agreed to remove all sanctions on its oil and shipping. However, Washington quickly rejected them and said, “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed” in talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

“An agreement has been reached to remove all insurance, oil and shipping sanctions that were imposed by Trump,” quoting outgoing President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi, Iranian state media said.

While acknowledging negotiators sometimes draw up draft texts, the US State Department said there would be no agreement until resolving all matters.

“During negotiations of this complexity, negotiators try to draft text that captures the main issues, but again, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,” a State Department spokesman said on condition of anonymity.