in-cyprus23 Jun 2026

EXPLAINER: Will US and international sanctions on Iran be lifted?

The U.S. has started waiving some sanctions on Iran under their interim deal to end the war, but fully unravelling a tangled web of restrictions on the country’s activities and trade under any more comprehensive agreement will be much harder.

This is why any effort to lift sanctions on Iran could take years and why foreign investment might take a long time to return:...

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