US accepted lifting all sanctions on oil and shipping, says Iran

Iran agreed in 2015 to curbs on its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of international sanctions

Iran said on Wednesday that Washington had agreed to remove all sanctions on Iran's oil and shipping, and take some senior figures off a blacklist, at talks to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with global powers which are now on a pause.
 
The remarks, by outgoing president Hassan Rouhani's chief of staff, were consistent with previous assertions by officials in Rouhani's pragmatist camp that Washington is prepared to make major concessions at the talks, under way since April in Vienna.
 
The talks adjourned on Sunday for a break, two days after Iran held a presidential election won by