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Trump says Iran 'dying to sign' deal as reports claim US ready to ease oil sanctions during talks

Washington/Tehran, , May 18 (UNI) As US President Donald Trump said Iran is “dying to sign” a peace agreement with Washington,conflicting reports from Tehran suggested that the United States had agreed to temporarily ease sanctions on Iranian oil exports as negotiations are underway and the exchanges of proposals have taken place through Pakistan, the mediator in the talks.
In an interview published Monday by Fortune magazine, Trump accused Tehran of backtracking on understandings reached in talks with Washington.
“They scream all the time. I can tell you one thing , they’re dying to sign (a deal),” Trump said. “But they make a deal, and then they send you a paper that has no relationship to the deal you made. I say, ‘Are you people crazy?’”
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