WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump has shown flexibility over Iran's oil exemptions during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of a seven-nation summit a week ago, Abbas Araghchi said.
Araghchi said in a radio statement that the United States has failed to implement the policy of maximum pressure on Iran, and is left alone in its directions on Tehran and the nuclear agreement, and that negotiations with European countries to reach common points, and an agreement allows Iran to sell its oil and benefit from its financial revenues; Be easy.
The Iranian official did not give any details of this US flexibility towards Iranian oil sales, and there were no comments from Paris or Washington.
The French news agency that Trump has shown flexibility towards France's proposal to give Iran a funding line to help it ensure the stability of its economy.
For its part, the Iranian presidency said that President Hassan Rouhani in contact with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to continue to reduce commitments to the nuclear agreement unless the other parties committed.
Rowhani told Macron that the goal of negotiations with the Europeans is to preserve the nuclear deal and ensure the security of shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the suspension of all forms of sanctions on Iran will form the basis for any future negotiations.
Since Washington withdrew from the Iranian nuclear deal in May 2018, the Trump administration has re-imposed economic sanctions on Tehran, including those aimed at tightening the noose on its economic artery of oil exports, to push the Iranian leadership to renegotiate a new nuclear deal.
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The US president said a week ago during a meeting with his French counterpart before the start of the G7; he does not want war with Iran, but wants an agreement. Macron offered him the option of allowing Tehran to sell part of its oil for a specified period in exchange for non-enrichment.
"If tomorrow Iran is able to acquire nuclear weapons, we will be directly involved, and the whole Middle East will ignite," Macron said. The sources in the Elysée talked about the points of convergence or convergence of views between the French and American presidents on the Iranian file.
The US president has offered to talk to Iran, but the latter says US sanctions should be lifted first before they are held.