US will give sanctions, tariff relief to Iran: Trump

WASHINGTON: The United States will work closely with Iran and the two countries are discussing tariff and sanctions relief, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire.

Trump pulled back from the brink of a threatened full-on assault on Iran on Tuesday night, two hours before a deadline he had set for Tehran to open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.

“We are, and will be, talking tariff and sanctions relief with Iran,” Trump said in a social media post.

Despite his ebullient comments and widespread relief on Iran’s streets and in global financial markets over the ceasefire, the main disagreements between Washington and Tehran remain unresolved and the two sides are sticking to competing demands for a potential peace deal.

Trump also said in a post on Truth Social that his administration would work closely with Iran, following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan.

Trump Truth Social post: “The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what will be a very productive Regime Change!” Trump wrote. He added, “There will be no enrichment of Uranium, and the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried (B-2 Bombers) nuclear ‘dust’.

“It is now, and has been, under very exacting Satellite Surveillance (Space Force!),” the president said, noting, “Nothing has been touched from the date of attack.”

He added that the US was and would continue to discuss tariffs and sanctions with Iran. “Many of the 15 points have already been been agreed to,” Trump said.

In a separate post, Trump wrote: “A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately.” He added that there would be no exclusions or exemptions in this regard. Monitoring Desk