US State Department spokesperson Marie Harf expects that sanctions against Iran may be suspended sooner than a year from now.


WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� Nuclear program-related sanctions against�Iran may be suspended sooner than�within a year, US State Department acting spokesperson Marie Harf said on�Friday.

�We expect for�the [anti-Iran sanctions] suspension piece to�happen generally within�the first year, but�again, if Iran takes these steps more quickly, then the suspension can come more quickly,� Harf told journalists at�a press briefing.Harf added that Iran will receive sanctions relief only after�the International Energy Agency (IEA) verifies that Tehran has taken steps to�implement the agreement reached in�Lausanne, Switzerland on�Thursday.

The United States and a number of�European countries have imposed several rounds of�economic sanctions against�Iran amid�allegations that Tehran was trying to�cover up�its development of�a nuclear weapon from�the international community.


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