Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff said Wednesday that as part of the ongoing nuclear deal talks taking place in Vienna, Washington has agreed to lift sanctions on Iran’s oil and shipping sectors, as well as to remove several senior officials from its blacklists.
“All issues of insurance, oil and shipping have been agreed, and about 1,040 sanctions from the Trump era will be lifted according to this agreement,” Mahmoud Vaezi told reporters on the sidelines of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, according to The Times of Israel.
Several figures within Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s inner ring would be included in the removal of sanctions against individuals.
The US has yet to make an announcement on the matter.
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