Biden adviser: Iran deal ‘may be the best of the very bad outcomes’
Iran would agree not to impose tolls on commercial ships trying to cross the key waterway, through which more than 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supply passes, and to remove all mines from the strait. In exchange, the U.S. would lift its naval blockade and issue some sanctions waivers so Iran could freely sell its oil. The U.S. would also commit to discussing broader sanction relief.
- ▪Iran would agree not to impose tolls on commercial ships trying to cross the key waterway, through which more than 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas supply passes, and to remove all mines from the strait.
- ▪In exchange, the U.S. would lift its naval blockade and issue some sanctions waivers so Iran could freely sell its oil.
- ▪The U.S. would also commit to discussing broader sanction relief.
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National Security Biden adviser: Iran deal ‘may be the best of the very bad outcomes’ Comments: by Sarah Fortinsky - 05/29/26 10:44 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Sarah Fortinsky - 05/29/26 10:44 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Former national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Friday blasted the Trump administration’s approach to negotiating with Iran but said the tentative deal that U.S. officials are considering may be their best option left. Sullivan, who helped negotiate the Obama administration’s 2015 Iran nuclear deal, said in an interview on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” that he thinks President Trump is looking seriously at the deal because “he does not have a good alternative.” “He tried to bomb Iran, he tried to blockade Iran, he tried to bully Iran, and he is stuck,” Sullivan…
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