U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States could remove sanctions on Iran if Iran “behaves,” speaking to reporters on Wednesday. Trump links the prospect of lifting sanctions to future Iranian conduct, adding that some sanctions are designed to prevent Iran from rebuilding and that—under that approach—“something will happen” once Iran complies. He also suggests that the U.S. could return frozen Iranian funds, saying the money is “their money” and that it has been frozen. Trump argues that not returning the funds would discourage investment in the U.S. dollar. The comments echo a broader pattern described by Trump in which he has previously imposed sanctions on other countries and later allowed them to end. Reuters and Middle East Eye both report the same remarks, including references to the impact of sanctions and the possibility of releasing Iran-related funds at some point.
Trump says U.S. sanctions on Iran could be lifted if Iran “behaves”
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States could remove sanctions on Iran if Iran “behaves,” speaking to reporters on Wednesday. Trump links the prospect of lifting sanctions to future Iranian...
- Trump tells reporters that U.S. sanctions on Iran could be lifted once Iran “behaves.”
- He links the lifting of sanctions to future Iranian conduct.
- Trump suggests frozen Iranian funds could be returned.
- He says the funds are Iran’s money and were frozen by the U.S.
- Trump argues that returning frozen funds helps maintain confidence in the U.S. dollar.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that sanctions on Iran would be removed once "they behave." "As far as sanctions are concerned, at some point, you know, we have sanctions which will never let them rebuild. They would have no money, they would be in poverty, the 91 million people would starve, so something will happen as soon as they behave. When they behave, we're going to let that go. We're going to have to. I put sanctions on a lot of people, and then I let them go," Trump told reporters.
11 hours agoTrump suggests sanctions on Iran could be removed once 'they behave' US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that sanctions on Iran would be removed once "they behave." "As far as sanctions are concerned, at some point, you know, we have sanctions which will never let them rebuild. They would have no money, they would be in poverty, the 91 million people would starve, so something will happen as soon as they behave. When they behave, we're going to let that go. We're going to have to. I put sanctions on a lot of people, and then I let them go," Trump told reporters. He also suggested that frozen funds could be returned. "We have taken their money, it's not our money, it's their money, and we froze it. At a certain point in time I guess we're going to have to give it back," Trump said. "If we didn't give it back, nobody would ever invest in the dollar again."
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