WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he would not unfreeze Iranian assets or lift any sanctions before a peace deal is reached.
Trump said he would consider those steps after an agreement is done. “Comes after,” he said. “Yeah. If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking. Yeah.”
Trump also said that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of a short-term deal with Tehran.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Bo Erickson in Washington; Editing by Sergio Non and Tomasz Janowski)