President Trump "No sanctions on Iran lifted" 16:20 on September 6 telling the French President
US President Trump reaffirmed his policy not to lift sanctions on Iran at the moment, while showing a positive attitude to the summit with Iran. It seems that there is an aim to squeeze the Iranian side, assuming that sanctions are released first.
The American White House announced on the 5th that President Trump had a telephone conference with French President Macron to discuss Iran's nuclear development issues.
After that, President Trump revealed that he told President Macron that he would not lift sanctions on Iran at this time.
The two leaders also agreed that the need to curb Iran's actions threatening freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf.
While President Trump has strengthened sanctions on Iran over the Iranian nuclear issue, it has shown a positive attitude to the Iranian summit with President Rouhani in line with the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month. As a result, the Iranian side has announced a new measure to stop some of the obligations of the nuclear agreement, assuming that sanctions will be lifted first.
President Macron, who wants to prevent the collapse of the nuclear agreement, shows his willingness to act as an intermediary for the realization of the US-Iran summit, but President Trump tells France that he will not respond to the Iranian demand It seems that there is an aim to control Iran.