{"id":2607964,"date":"2026-05-28T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-no-sanctions-lifted-on-iran-until-enriched-uranium-given-up\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:30:29","slug":"bessent-no-sanctions-lifted-on-iran-until-enriched-uranium-given-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bessent-no-sanctions-lifted-on-iran-until-enriched-uranium-given-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent: No sanctions lifted on Iran until enriched uranium given up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbessent-no-sanctions-lifted-on-iran-until-enriched-uranium-given-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States will not ease sanctions on Iran until Iran fully hands over all enriched uranium and commits not to pursue a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>He also addressed reports that U.S. and Iranian officials agreed to extend the existing ceasefire for 60 days to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >substantive negotiations related<\/a> to Iran\u2019s nuclear program, noting that President Donald Trump has not yet formally approved the deal. Bessent said no sanctions relief would be considered until specific conditions are met-opening the Strait of hormuz, turning over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">highly enriched uranium<\/a>, and agreeing to eliminate a nuclear program-and stressed that action would depend on the president\u2019s decision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treasury Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4585165\/bessent-sanction-iran-strait-of-hormuz-authority\/\">Scott Bessent<\/a> said on Thursday that the United States would not lift sanctions on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> until the country hands over all of its enriched uranium and commits to not working toward obtaining a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, U.S. officials confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that American and Iranian officials had agreed to extend the existing ceasefire for 60 days to begin substantive negotiations on Iran\u2019s nuclear program, though President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4585474\/us-agrees-60-day-ceasefire-iran-trump-yet-give-final-approval\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> himself has yet to formally sign off on the agreement. Past reporting had indicated that Trump was considering loosening sanctions on Iran in exchange for compliance in the peace talks.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4585656\/watch-live-scott-bessent-white-house-press-briefing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Bessent stands in for Leavitt at White House press briefing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4585474\/us-agrees-60-day-ceasefire-iran-trump-yet-give-final-approval\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US agrees to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-warns-hezbollah-ceasefire-could-collapse\/\" title=\"Israel warns Hezbollah ceasefire could collapse\">60-day ceasefire agreement<\/a> with Iran, but Trump has yet to give final approval<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4585184\/trump-250-bill-treasury\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Treasury officials plow ahead with $250 bill featuring Trump\u2019s face<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bessent filled in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave, at Thursday\u2019s White House briefing and repeatedly declined to confirm if such a deal had been reached.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to preview the deal, but I would think that things would go very slowly in terms of that, so we\u2019ll see,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing is going to be on the table until we see the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> open, and the Iranians agree that they have to turn over the highly enriched uranium, and that they can\u2019t have a nuclear program,\u201d he added when asked if sanctions relief was \u201con the table\u201d in ceasefire talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later in the briefing, when asked directly if reporting from earlier in the day about the 60-day extension was accurate, Bessent responded that \u201ceverything depends on what the president wants to do, and President Trump is not going to make a bad deal for the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4585474\/us-agrees-60-day-ceasefire-iran-trump-yet-give-final-approval\/\"><strong>US AGREES TO 60-DAY CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN, BUT TRUMP HAS YET TO GIVE FINAL APPROVAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s always a mistake to get out ahead of the president, so it is all going to be the president\u2019s decision,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe can see that the president very clearly stated his three [pre-requisites]: Open the Strait, highly enriched uranium, no nuclear program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch Bessent\u2019s comments in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"swQUiRO9aZM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent Briefs Members of the Media, May 28, 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/swQUiRO9aZM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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