Iran: “Main Agreement” On Lifting Of U.S. Sanctions Reached

Global powers taking part in the indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on a return to the nuclear agreement have accepted that the U.S. sanctions on Iran, including on its oil exports, will be removed, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying on Thursday. “The main agreement has been made,” Rouhani said, according to Iranian state television, Bloomberg reports. The talks in Vienna involving the United States, Iran, and the remaining participants of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have taken a “major step,”…