U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says talk of a possible easing of U.S. sanctions against Iran is premature, despite last week’s discussions in Geneva on the country’s disputed nuclear program.
Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press program, Secretary Lew gave no indication the Obama administration is contemplating a pullback on sanctions, at least not yet, VOA reported.
“It is premature to talk about the easing. I think the sanctions are working, and that is why the discussions have started,” Secretary Lew said.
” We need to see that they [Iranian regime officials] are taking the steps to move away from having nuclear weapons capacity,” said Lew.
“We need to see real, tangible evidence of it. And we will not make moves on the sanctions until we see those kinds of moves [from Iran].”
