Scott Bessent Iranian oil sales authorization

    by Flint: Donald Trump

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has authorized the sale of Iranian oil for a 60-day period, following Iran's agreement to allow nuclear inspectors and keep the Strait of Hormuz open. This move comes as President Trump and JD Vance continue to rack up significant foreign policy wins. Bessent stated, "In line with the ongoing productive talks in Switzerland, as part of the announcement.

    Transcript (en)

    And this is probably what we're most excited about as Americans. The Iranians have agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into their country. That is a major milestone for the American people and the first step in permanently denuclearizing or permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in Iran. And that's exactly what we wanted to do. That's exactly what we asked to happen. We made a lot of great progress on other nuclear talks. And that leads me to the final thing that we wanted to accomplish, which is actually set up the process for the technical negotiations that will follow.