Washington has floated a temporary waiver on sanctions targeting Iranian oil exports, according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency. The proposal is tied to ongoing nuclear negotiations between the two countries, with Pakistan serving as mediator.
What’s on the table
The draft text reportedly allows for time-bound waivers issued by the US Treasury on Iranian oil during the negotiation period. Tasnim, which is linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is the primary source on the proposal’s contents. The US has not officially confirmed the specifics.
Iran’s response has been predictable and firm. Tehran has publicly maintained that it wants a full and permanent lifting of sanctions, not a temporary reprieve. The gap between “temporary waiver” and “permanent removal” is not just semantic. It’s the difference between a country being able to plan long-term oil export infrastructure investments and one that has to treat every barrel as potentially its last legal shipment for a while.
Why this matters for energy markets
