US-Iran deal allows Tehran to immediately sell oil upon signing, says US official


FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

WASHINGTON, June ⁠16 (Reuters) - The U.S. will allowIran to ⁠immediately begin selling oil and ‌fuel under the memorandum of understanding the two sides reached to end the war, a ​senior U.S. official said ⁠on Tuesday.

The provision ⁠for waiving sanctions on Iranian oil sales ⁠takes ‌effect once the agreement is signed this week and ⁠also covers services including banking, transportation ​and ‌insurance to facilitate the sales, the ⁠source said.

The ​U.S. official said the agreement has conditions.

“This is a performance-based agreement," the ⁠person said on condition ​of anonymity. "Iran can only access any benefits of the MOU if they abide ⁠by all of the points they agreed to – including no nuclear weapon, neutralizing its enriched material, and not ​interfering with the free ⁠flow of navigation in the Strait ​of Hormuz.”

(Reporting by Timothy ‌Gardner Ryan Patrick Jones ​in Toronto; Editing by Daphne Psaledakis, Caitlin Webber, Alexandra Hudson)

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