US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared to be open to considering an offer from French President Emmanuel Macron that would include a $ 15 billion credit line for Iran, the Daily Beast news agency reported.
The French offer is conditional on Iran returning to abide by the nuclear deal and future Middle East peace talks and not threatening security and navigation in the Gulf.
Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, criticized Trump's intention to approve a financial credit line for Iran in return for its commitment to a nuclear deal he had previously rejected.
He said the US president planned to give Iran $ 15 billion to return to a deal that was torn with his own hands and considered it the worst deal ever.
The French proposal calls for a European pledge to adopt a $ 15 billion oil line for Iran in its first phase until the end of this year.
In return, Iran halts and fully abides by the policy of reducing compliance with the terms of the nuclear deal and providing guarantees on the security of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
It should also accept the opening of negotiations after 2025 on the nuclear program, the year set by the agreement as a time frame for non-conventional inspections and inspections.
Deal and prospects
In comments earlier yesterday, Trump believed that Iran wants to conclude an agreement with Washington on its nuclear program, saying, "But if this deal is not done, there is nothing wrong."
Asked if the United States could ease the "extreme pressure" campaign on Iran, Trump said: "We'll see what happens." Asked if he might meet the Iranian president at the UN General Assembly, Trump said he was not discussing the meeting.
Tensions between the United States and Iran have been exacerbated since Washington pulled out in 2018 of a major international deal with Tehran in 2015 aimed at preventing it from acquiring nuclear weapons, a deal Trump considered too lenient.
Iran on Wednesday again rejected the idea of a meeting between its president and his US counterpart without lifting sanctions.
"Unless America stops its economic terrorism against Iran, the issue of negotiating with it is out of the question," Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Rawangi said in an interview published by the official IRNA news agency.