US to consider Iran sanctions waivers

摘要

The US will consider requests from a "handful of countries" for exemptions from sanctions targeting the Iranian oil sector that take effect in November, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo says. His comments are a change from a much harder line last month, as the US attempts to reconcile its "maximum pressure" policy with the need to ensure that squeezing Iranian exports does not create a domestic political backlash by pushing up crude and gasoline prices.