The U.S. temporarily removed oil sanctions on Iran Monday, creating the potential for an Iranian economic windfall in U.S. dollars as the first round of talks ended in Switzerland. Vance led the U.S. delegation, mediated by Qatar and Pakistan. The negotiations come as one of the main sticking points, the war in Lebanon, appeared to calm, at least for the day. Liz Landers reports.Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.
Nick Schifrin:
Welcome to the "News Hour."The U.S. temporarily removed oil sanctions on Iran today, creating the potential for an Iranian economic windfall in U.S. dollars, as the first round of talks ended in Switzerland. Vice President J.D. Vance led the U.S. delegation mediated by Qatar and Pakistan.The negotiations come as one of the main sticking points, the war in Lebanon appeared, to calm, at least for the day.Liz Landers begins our coverage.
President Donald Trump:
If Iran doesn't live up to their agreement or if they're not behaving, I will do what I have to do.
