France invited Zarif for talks on the sidelines of the G7

  • Purpose was to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the US
  • Its reported though that Zarif did no meet with US officials

There is no alteration to US sanction on Iran as a result.

Iran wants to export at least 700,000 barrels / day of its oil, but no reissue of oil sanction waivers from the US has been forthcoming despite the visit of the Iranian FM.

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