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Trump Eyes Sanctions Relief for Iran If Nuclear Concessions Come First

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Trump Eyes Sanctions Relief for Iran If Nuclear Concessions Come First

🕊️ DIPLOMACY — Washington's price for talking is the one thing Tehran can't publicly offer. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Limited sanctions relief and frozen funds access are the same levers Araghchi is already circling in NYC — but conditioning them on nuclear concessions first inverts Iran's sequencing demand. Tehran needs economic relief to justify diplomacy domestically; Trump needs nuclear movement to justify relief politically. Neither side can go first without losing face. That deadlock holds until November 5.

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