Kahlon: US said no rollback of Iran sanctions

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon says a visiting senior US treasury official told him that sanctions against Iran would remain in full force.

“I just finished an excellent working meeting with Sigal Mandelker, the under secretary of the treasury,” he writes on his Twitter account.

סיימתי כעת פגישת עבודה מצוינת עם סגנית מזכיר האוצר האמריקאי, סיגל מנדלקר, בתל אביב. שמחתי לשמוע ממנה, שבניגוד לפרסומים בתקשורת, אין שינוי במדיניות הסנקציות של ארה"ב על איראן ושהם ימשכו בכל הכוח. ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/fw7YQXX0RH

— משה כחלון – Moshe Kahlon (@KahlonMoshe) September 12, 2019

“I was happy to hear from her that contrary to media reports there is no change in US sanctions policy toward Iran and they will continue at full strength.”

A Bloomberg report on Wednesday suggested US President Donald Trump was considering easing sanctions to woo Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to a meeting.

— AFP