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| Thank you, Iran! Trump says 'deal is possible' after Tehran releases US Navy vet | Thank you, Iran! Trump says 'deal is possible' after Tehran releases US Navy vet |
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| US President Donald Trump has praised Tehran for releasing US Navy veteran Michael White, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2018, hinting that the breakthrough may pave way for a new nuclear deal. | US President Donald Trump has praised Tehran for releasing US Navy veteran Michael White, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2018, hinting that the breakthrough may pave way for a new nuclear deal. |
| “I just got off the phone with former American hostage Michael White, who is now in Zurich after being released from Iran. He will be on a U.S. plane shortly, and is COMING HOME to the United States,” Trump tweeted on Thursday evening, before giving credit to the Islamic Republic for its cooperation in the process. | “I just got off the phone with former American hostage Michael White, who is now in Zurich after being released from Iran. He will be on a U.S. plane shortly, and is COMING HOME to the United States,” Trump tweeted on Thursday evening, before giving credit to the Islamic Republic for its cooperation in the process. |
| White was taken into custody by the Iranian authorities back in June 2018, when he was visiting his girlfriend. The California native, who served 13 years in the US Navy, was then sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of insulting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and sharing a private photo on social media. | White was taken into custody by the Iranian authorities back in June 2018, when he was visiting his girlfriend. The California native, who served 13 years in the US Navy, was then sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of insulting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and sharing a private photo on social media. |
| As the Covid-19 outbreak swept through the country, the Iranian government ordered thousands of inmates to be sent home in a bid to curb the pandemic. | As the Covid-19 outbreak swept through the country, the Iranian government ordered thousands of inmates to be sent home in a bid to curb the pandemic. |
| White was one of some 85,000 prisoners that were temporarily freed from jail, and remained in custody at the Swiss embassy in Tehran until this week. | White was one of some 85,000 prisoners that were temporarily freed from jail, and remained in custody at the Swiss embassy in Tehran until this week. |
| A total of 164,270 people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran as of Thursday, with the authorities warning about a "second wave" of the deadly disease amid an upstick in new cases. | A total of 164,270 people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran as of Thursday, with the authorities warning about a "second wave" of the deadly disease amid an upstick in new cases. |
| A rare praise from Trump to Tehran comes as the tensions between the two countries continue to run high. | A rare praise from Trump to Tehran comes as the tensions between the two countries continue to run high. |
| The US quit the landmark Iran nuclear deal, formally known as The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in May 2018, leaving it hanging in the balance and torpedoing the efforts by the remaining parties to the universally-acclaimed deal to salvage it by threatening secondary sanctions. | The US quit the landmark Iran nuclear deal, formally known as The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in May 2018, leaving it hanging in the balance and torpedoing the efforts by the remaining parties to the universally-acclaimed deal to salvage it by threatening secondary sanctions. |
| Just last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington would be terminating almost all remaining waivers (with only one exception) for its sanctions against Iran in connection with several civilian facilities. This means that European, Chinese and Russian companies working on nuclear projects in Iran will have two months to wrap up their operations or face US wrath, which will come in the form of punitive measures. In the case of the civilian nuclear reactor in Busher, the US said the wind-down period would be 90 days to “to ensure safety.” | |
| In addition to stifling Iranian nuclear program, Washington has been ramping up economic pressure on Tehran in line with its goal to reduce the nation's oil exports to zero. As a mini-flotilla of Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline set sail to Venezuela’s ports late last month in defiance of the US sanctions, Venezuelan ambassador to the UN said that the Latin American country faced “the threat of imminent use of military force by the United States,” which opposed the shipment. Washington, however, did not make any moves to hamper the delivery, although there had been reports that it was considering retaliation. | |
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