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Trump said recently he considered easing sanctions on Iran after a ceasefire but would instead keep them in place, while lashing out at Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for claiming victory in the war with Israel.
President Donald Trump suggested he might back eventual sanctions relief for Iran “if they can be peaceful”, combining threats and the prospect of diplomacy after US strikes aimed at destroying Iranian nuclear sites.
Trump said recently he considered easing sanctions on Iran after a ceasefire but would instead keep them in place, while lashing out at Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for claiming victory in the war with Israel.
That followed his comments last week, hinting at relief when he said he doesn’t mind China continuing to buy Iranian oil. White House officials later indicated that didn’t mean an easing of US restrictions.
In the Fox News interview, Trump renewed his argument that Iran was weeks away from getting a nuclear weapon and that US strikes “obliterated” a key underground site of Iran’s nuclear programme. He also injected a note of caution, saying that Iran’s nuclear ambitions had been set back “at least for some time.”
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