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Trump says US will work closely with Iran, discuss sanctions

AL-Monitor
Apr 8, 2026
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo — Kevin Lamarque

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - The United States will work closely with Iran, which has undergone "regime change," and will be talking about tariff and sanctions relief with Tehran, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after declaring a two-week ceasefire.

"We are, and will be, talking Tariff and Sanctions relief with Iran," Trump said in a social media post.

He also said that any country supplying military weapons to Iran would immediately face a 50% tariff on any goods exported to the U.S.

Trump said there would be no enrichment of uranium and said many of the 15 points in the U.S. plan proposed to Iran have been agreed to.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu and Susan Heavey;Editing by Tomasz Janowski)