(Adnkronos) – The United States will allow Iran to immediately resume oil and fuel exports immediately after the signing of the memorandum of understanding scheduled for Friday in Switzerland to end the war, offering Tehran a first and significant economic incentive to consolidate the truce and continue negotiations. This was reported by informed sources, cited by the Wall Street Journal, according to which the exemptions from sanctions on crude oil sales will also include the services necessary to facilitate exports, including banking, insurance, and maritime transport operations. The WSJ highlights that this is one of the most significant concessions granted by Washington to the Islamic Republic so far.
A senior American official specified that the immediate easing of sanctions will exclusively concern oil trade, while a broader easing of restrictive measures will depend on compliance with commitments requested by the United States, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and progress on the nuclear program. Tehran, he added, will not have immediate access to billions of dollars in frozen funds abroad.
A first effect of the agreement may have already emerged in recent hours. The organization United Against Nuclear Iran reported that an Iranian supertanker loaded with crude oil has left the port of Chabahar and is sailing in the Gulf of Oman with its transponder on, a circumstance that had not occurred since the start of the US naval blockade against Iranian oil exports last April.
